Miami Five hero Rene Gonzalez drew a standing ovation yesterday after he told a London inquiry how he and four other anti-terrorists were jailed in the US by a kangaroo court.

Mr Gonzalez is one of five Cubans arrested in 1998, held in solitary confinement and handed a long prison sentence in 2001 for trying to prevent terrorist attacks on their homeland.

Their case was heard in Florida - where right-wing Cuban exiles planned and orchestrated the attacks with the aid of the CIA - and he said: "It was impossible for us to have a fair trial."