12 November 2012 Last updated at 07:28 ET

Judge rules Abu Qatada will not be deported

Muslim cleric Abu Qatada will not be deported to Jordan, after he won his appeal at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac).

The appeal was upheld after his lawyers claimed he would not get a fair trial in Jordan.

The government said it would seek to appeal against the ruling.

Home Secretary Theresa May had been given assurances by Jordan that no evidence gained through torture would be used against him.

A statement from the Home Office said: "We have obtained assurances not just in relation to the treatment of Qatada himself but about the quality of the legal processes that would be followed throughout his trial.

"Indeed, today's ruling found that 'the Jordanian judiciary, like their executive counterparts, are determined to ensure that the appellant will receive, and be seen to receive, a fair retrial'.

"We will therefore seek leave to appeal [Monday's] decision."

In January, the European Court of Human Rights blocked Mr Qatada's removal because of the risk that evidence obtained through the torture of the two co-defendants from a previous trial might be used in a new trial.

Source : bbc[dot]co[dot]uk