CLAIMS that Blairite former foreign secretary Jack Straw was complicit in torture will be heard in court after an initial decision to throw out the case was overturned yesterday.

The High Court rejected the case against Mr Straw and former MI6 chief Sir Mark Allen, accepting ministers’ claims that it could damage US-British relations.

But appeal judges decided that while the trial would be likely to require a British court to asses the actions of CIA and Libyan agents, this was no reason to bar the case.