Last UK Guantanamo prisoner released after nearly 14 years

October 30, 2015 23:03

The US has released a London-based Saudi national, the last British resident to be incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay, after nearly 14 years in detention at the infamous military prison in Cuba without being tried for any terror-related offence.

46-year-old Shaker Aamer was held at Guantanamo since 2002 after the US accused him of acting as a recruiter, financier and fighter for Al-Qaeda, as well as being a close associate of Osama Bin Laden, but he was never charged or put on trial.

Aamer, who has four children, today reached the UK. He was aboard a Gulfstream IV jet which landed at Biggin Hill airport in Kent. No media crew was allowed access to the plane.

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