Radical cleric Abu Qatada has been found not guilty of conspiracy to carry out 1998 terrorist plot by a Jordanian court.
He was accused of conspiring to carry out a series of bombings in Jordan, including of a hotel in 1998, and to carry out attacks on civilians celebrating the turn of the millennium.
A panel of civilian judges at the State Security Court in Amman cleared Qatada of involvement in the 1998 plots, but he will remain in custody until September when a verdict is expected on his involvement in the millennium plot.
Qatada lost his eight year legal battle against extradition to Jordan from the UK in July 2013, after Jordanian authorities signed an agreement that evidence obtained through torture will not be used in his trial.
The Home Office has said that he will not be able to return to Britain.
Qatada’s acquittal comes after another radical Muslim preacher, Abu Hamza, was found guilty of supporting terrorism at a New York court last month.
