Australian former Guantánamo Bay prisoner Hicks said to be ‘thrilled’ after US review court strikes down conviction
David Hicks has won a legal challenge to his terrorism conviction before a US military court.
The US court of military commission review struck down the March 2007 conviction of the former Guantánamo Bay prisoner in a unanimous ruling.
US lawyer Wells Dixon said Hicks was aware of the decision and was “thrilled”.
“He is free to live his life without this conviction hanging over his head.”
Dixon said Wednesday’s decision was “a powerful reminder that he committed no crime, he is innocent of any offence”.
“In that sense he is finally free of Guantánamo,” he said.
Hick’s Australian lawyer, Stephen Kenny, said the decision confirmed his client’s innocence, the ABC reported.
“It means David Hicks’s conviction has been set aside and he’s been declared an innocent man, so it confirms what we knew all along,” he said.
