Student's terror conviction is overturned

Student Mohammed Atif Siddique, from Alva, Clackmannanshire, was locked up for eight years in October 2007 after being convicted of a series of terror offences.

But three senior judges last month said he suffered a miscarriage of justice. Yesterday, they formally overturned the most serious conviction, which earned him six years of his sentence, at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh.

The 24-year-old's convictions on two lesser terrorism charges were not affected by the Appeal Court judgment and he has served his sentence for them.

In his statement, Siddique said: "Our laws should bring to account those who plan acts of terror and not criminalise young Muslims for thought crime and possession of propaganda."