17 January 2012
Last updated at 03:16 ET
Qatada was sentenced to life in jail for planning bomb attacks in Jordan
Radical cleric Abu Qatada will find out later whether he will be sent back to Jordan, where he has been convicted in his absence of terror offences.
Qatada, branded by a High Court judge as “truly dangerous” and at the centre of al-Qaeda-related activity in the UK, says he faces torture in Jordan.
But the British government has signed an agreement with Jordan intended to ensure he will not be ill-treated.
The European Court of Human Rights will rule later whether he can be deported.
In doing so it will decide whether the diplomatic assurance – one of five the UK has agreed with foreign governments – can guarantee Qatada’s safety.
Father-of-five Qatada, 51 – real name Omar Othman – came to Britain in 1993 on a forged passport and is being held at Belmarsh high security prison.
The UK government has said he has “extensive contacts with senior terrorists worldwide” and videos of his sermons were found in the flat of
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