Death penalty Briton freed in Pakistan - Scotsman

A BRITON who was spared a death sentence in Pakistan has been released from prison. Mirza Tahir Hussain, from Leeds, was due to be hanged under Islamic law for murdering taxi driver Jamshed Khan in 1988. But yesterday his death sentence was changed to life imprisonment on the orders of president Pervez Musharraf. Today, the country's interior minister said Mr Hussain had been released from custody after 18 years behind bars. Yesterday, Hussain's family were overjoyed by the news that "the shadow ...