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Australian 'terror' convict freed Australian Guantanamo man freed
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An Australian sentenced by the United States for supporting terrorism has been freed from a prison in Australia, after completing his term. An Australian convicted by the United States of supporting terrorism has been freed from a prison in Australia.
David Hicks was sentenced in March in the US after spending five years in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. David Hicks, 32, was captured with Taleban forces in Afghanistan in 2001, and spent five years at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Under a plea deal with prosecutors, he was jailed for seven years, with all but nine months of the sentence suspended. He was the first person to be convicted at a US war crimes trial since the end of the Second World War.
He was returned to Australia in May as part of the deal. Under a plea deal, he was jailed for seven years, with all but nine months suspended, and returned to Australia.
David has done time for whatever Terry Hicks, David's father Hicks was released from the maximum security prison at Yalata in Adelaide.
Hicks was released from the maximum security prison Yalata in Adelaide without speaking to the assembled press, leaving his lawyer David McLeod to read a statement on his behalf. A federal magistrate has ruled that he remains a security risk, and must report to police three times a week, and keep a midnight to dawn to curfew.
David's done five-and-a-half years pretty tough Terry HicksFather
He will not be allowed to leave Australia, and he cannot give interviews until March.
Hicks made no comment as he left the prison, leaving his lawyer David McLeod to read a statement on his behalf.
"I had hoped to be able to speak to the media but I am just not strong enough at the moment, it's as simple as that," the statement said."I had hoped to be able to speak to the media but I am just not strong enough at the moment, it's as simple as that," the statement said.
The father, Terry Hicks, told the press outside the prison nothing had been proven against his son. Through his lawyer, Hicks thanked the Australian public for "getting me home".
"I will not forget, or let you down."
He also said: "I am looking forward to spending some quiet time with my wonderful Dad, my family and friends."
His father, Terry Hicks, told the press outside the prison nothing had been proven against his son, and that David did not believe he needed to apologise.
"David's done five-and-a-half years pretty tough, David has done time for whatever," he said."David's done five-and-a-half years pretty tough, David has done time for whatever," he said.
Hicks, 32, a convert to Islam who later renounced the faith, was taken prisoner in 2001 in Afghanistan and accused of terrorism links. "It's time for him to settle down."
He admitted training with al-Qaeda and meeting its leader Osama bin Laden, whom he described as "lovely", according to police evidence presented in court. Hicks, a convert to Islam who later renounced the faith, admitted training with al-Qaeda and meeting its leader Osama bin Laden, whom he described as "lovely", according to police evidence presented in court.