Ramzi bin al-Shibh was one of five defendants due to face a death-penalty trial over allegations he helped plot the 2001 terror attacks
A man accused of helping mastermind 9/11 has been ruled unfit to stand trial after he developed post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis following years of torture at the hands of the CIA.
Ramzi bin al-Shibh, 51, was one of five defendants due to face a death-penalty trial over allegations he helped plot the 2001 terror attacks which killed almost 3,000 people.
Following his arrest in Pakistan in 2002, Mr bin al-Shibh was for years held in CIA-controlled facilities, during which time he was chained naked to the ceiling, forced to stand sleepless for three days at a time and detained in prefabricated cells kept on springs to keep prisoners off balance, according to The New York Times.
David I Bruck, Mr bin al-Shibh’s lawyer, argued the CIA torture had made the Yemeni prisoner “insane”, the newspaper reported.