Moroccan Mounir El Motassadeq arrives at a court in the northern ...
7th Feb 2006, 17:38 GMT
(Reuters) - Moroccan Mounir El Motassadeq arrives at a court in the northern German town of Hamburg in this August 19, 2005 file photo. Motassadeq, convicted in August of membership in a terrrorist organisation and sentenced to seven years in prison, will be released early, an official in the Hamburg Justice Ministry said February 7, 2006. Motassadeq was a friend of three of the Sept. 11, 2001 suicide pilots. Germany's Federal Constitutional Court said in a statement that it had upheld an appeal against Motassadeq's conviction. REUTERS/Christian Charisius/File photo