Computer hacker Gary McKinnon will face no further criminal action, Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer QC said today.
The move came three months after Home Secretary Theresa May stopped his planned extradition to the US.
Glasgow-born Mr McKinnon, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome, was permitted to stay in the UK on human rights grounds after medical reports showed he was very likely to try to kill himself if extradited.
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