A LONDON student was finally freed from a German jail yesterday, 11 weeks after being arrested for taking part in protests at the European Central Bank headquarters’ opening day.

Federico Annibale, a masters student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, was arrested on March 18 under special public order legislation in place for the anti-austerity demonstrations in Frankfurt.

He was found in possession of two stones and charged with “breach of the peace and attempted grievous bodily harm.”

But a German court opted to grant Mr Annibale a suspended sentence of 15 months in jail for the offences.

A campaign to free the student, who was kept in detention without bail until his trial, gathered thousands of supporters across the globe.

Free Fede spokesman Simon Campbell told the Star: “The campaign is unbelievably happy to see Fede returned to his friends and family.

“But amid this celebration we must not lose sight of the politics which brought us to this point.

“Fede’s pre-trial detention and suspended sentence seek to surpress all discussion of austerity.”

His friend Maham Hashmi, who also took part in the protests, said: “It’s the best to be expected under the circumstances.

“When you are in pre-trial detention you stop fighting for justice and only fight for freedom.”

Mr Annibale is now free to leave Germany, his sentence to be suspended for the next five years.