Prime Minister David Cameron says he is ‘completely fed up’ about the release on bail of Abu Qatada after the Muslim cleric won his deportation appeal, reports the BBC.
Abu Qatada was freed from prison after a UK court ruled he might not get a fair trial if deported to Jordan to face bomb plot charges.
Mr Cameron said ministers had ‘moved heaven and earth’ to try to deport him.
He said: ‘I am completely fed up with the fact this man is still at large in our country, he has no right to be there, we believe he’s a threat to our country.
‘It’s extremely frustrating and I share the British people's frustration at the situation we find ourselves in.’
He said that, as well an appeal, the government would ‘do everything we can to make sure that we do have the power to expel and deport people from our country who have no right to be there and mean us harm’.
Judges say there is a real risk that the preacher's retrial in Jordan would be unfair because it would include incriminating statements made by men who were tortured by the secret police.
As the toothless judiciary shows its spinelessness, it comes as no surprise to know Qatada’s release will come at a price tag of around £100,000 per week. That’ll be picked up by the good old taxpayer, of course.
