Abu Qatada launches new bid for freedom fresh after landing in Jordan

Published July 8th, 2013 - 08:42 GMT
 Omar Othman, the father of radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, speaks with Jordanian policemen outside the state security court in Amman on July 7, 2013 (Source: AFP/KHALIL MAZRAAWI)
Omar Othman, the father of radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, speaks with Jordanian policemen outside the state security court in Amman on July 7, 2013 (Source: AFP/KHALIL MAZRAAWI)

Radical cleric Abu Qatada will launch another bid for freedom at a court in Jordan after he was finally deported from Britain on Sunday.

Qatada's lawyer told reporters the terror suspect would apply for bail after he was charged with plotting al-Qaida inspired terror attacks and detained in a prison in Jordan's capital, Amman.

The father-of-five found himself back in the Middle East after a near decade-long battle to boot him out of the UK.

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