Man cleared of plots works in A&E

Mohammed Asha, who was cleared of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions following the 2007 terror bids, is continuing his doctor training at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shropshire.

The Government last week withdrew a long-standing attempt to deport the 28-year-old, despite previously maintaining that he was a threat to national security.

The hospital said Dr Asha began working for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust after the Government dropped its deportation application.

Trust chief executive Tom Taylor said: "Dr Mohammed Jamil Asha is a very capable young doctor and we are very pleased that he is continuing his training in our hospitals.

"It is important to remember that he has been proven innocent and the Government had withdrawn its application for deportation before he returned to the trust last week. We hope everyone will judge him on the basis of his medical skills, and respect his and our wishes to let him continue his training in peace."

Dr Asha was arrested on the day of the Glasgow bomb attack, June 30 2007. At the time, he worked for the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent.

Dr Asha spent more than a year on remand before being cleared by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court of conspiracy to murder and cause explosions.

When the deportation case was dropped, Dr Asha's solicitor said the father-of-one was determined to resume his career in the NHS. The Home Office deportation case against him was due to be heard by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) in October.

At a Siac bail hearing in January, lawyers for the Home Secretary said Dr Asha was a threat to national security and should be sent back to Jordan. But the panel, chaired by Mr Justice Mitting, ruled he could be released on bail. The panel also said it was not in the public interest that he be prevented from working for the NHS.