Muslim cleric Abu Qatada walked free from a Jordanian jail on Wednesday after being cleared of charges of conspiring in a plot to attack tourists- his second acquittal this year following a long extradition process from Britain.
The state security court in the capital Amman ruled that the charges against the radical preacher — providing spiritual and material support for an attack planned during New Year celebrations in Jordan in 2000 — lacked sufficient evidence.
"Abu Qatada has been released from prison and is now on his way home," a judicial source told Reuters.