He took his case to the Court of Appeal and the High Court ruling was overturned, Appeal Judges stating that evidence showed the CPS and the Police were responsible for "serious defaults". Raissi's case remains a contentious issue in Algeria, whose government refuses to sign an agreement with Britain about extraditing hijackers until Britain acknowledges that its treatment of Raissi was flawed. British authorities continue to insist that British police and prosecutors acted properly, and it was American authorities who were at fault for supplying them with bad intelligence. In February 2008 the Court of Appeal rejected this position, 'completely exonerated' Raissi, and ordered British authorities to reconsider his entitlement to compensation, which had previously been rejected. It also found that the Crown Prosecution Service and the police had presented false evidence to the courts. His application for permission to enforce the order of the Court of Appeal, and contempt of court proceedings against the Home Office, resulted in an announcement on 23 April 2010 by the Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw that Raissi is eligible for up to £2m compensation. References External links findlaw.com, FindLaw.com pdf of grand jury charges of false identity My son was brought up to abhor terrorists, Telegraph Online, November 1, 2001 Police blunder after 9/11 'destroyed pilot's career', Times Online, September 26, 2005 Lotfi Raissi case: How false link to al-Qaida kept innocent Algerian in jail The Guardian 22 November 2009 1974 births Living people People from Bab El Oued People from Berkshire People associated with the September 11 attacks Commercial aviators