A military judge has excluded part of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s 2007 confession from evidence, finding that the statements were not made voluntarily. The decision could further complicate the already lengthy effort to bring Mohammed, accused of masterminding the 11 September 2001 attacks, to trial.

Mohammed has been held at the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay since 2003. The ruling by Lt Col Michael Schrama concerns statements Mohammed made to investigators in 2007; the article provides no further detail on the grounds for finding them involuntary or on the trial timetable.