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He spent more than five years imprisoned without charges at the U.S. Guantanamo prison, before becoming the first inmate to be tried under Guantanamo's new rules of justice. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, but that was reduced to nine months, on condition that he drop complaints that he had been tortured at Guantanamo, and that he not speak to reporters about his imprisonment there. He was then transferred to an Australian jail, and released in December 2007. An Australian military court reversed his terrorism conviction in 2015. <p><b>Father:</b> Terry<br><b>Mother:</b> Suzanne<br><b>Sister:</b> (1 sister)<br><b>Wife:</b> Jodie Sparrow (common law, sep. 1996, 2 children)<br><p> <a href="/event/964/000084712/">Converted to Islam</a> (1999)<br> <a href="/crime/365/000050215/">Attempted Murder</a> (2004), charges dropped (2006)<br> <a href="/crime/504/000045369/">Conspiracy</a> to commit war crimes:(2004), charges dropped (2006)<br> <a href="/crime/909/000087648/">Terrorism</a> (26-Mar-2007), pled guilty; conviction reversed in 2015<br> <a href="/event/958/000091685/">Tortured</a> Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (per 2004 affidavit)<br> <a href="/lists/899/000255134/">Inmate: Guantanamo Bay</a> <br><p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=31622" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>