LONDON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The British director of public prosecutions says there is not enough evidence to prosecute an MI5 agent for his part in the alleged torture of a detainee.
Binyam Mohamed, a British resident arrested and questioned in Pakistan before being taken to Morocco and then to the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, says he was subjected to violent questioning by the CIA in Pakistan and also to a 3-hour interrogation by an officer with MI5, the British domestic intelligence agency.
Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, said investigators have not found convincing evidence the agent, identified as Witness B, was involved in torturing Mohamed, the BBC reported. During High Court testimony, the agent denied Mohamed's accusations that he had threatened him with being handed over to "the Arabs" and said he had told the detainee he could help him if he was telling the truth.
"We are unable to release further information at this stage because the wider investigation into other potential criminal conduct arising from allegations made by Mr. Mohamed in interviews with the police is still ongoing," Starmer said.
The government paid compensation Tuesday to Mohamed and 15 other former Guantanamo detainees from Britain.
