Saddam death judge 'seeks asylum'

The Iraqi judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death has reportedly applied for asylum in Britain.

Raouf Abdel-Rahman is said to have entered the country on a visitor's visa with his family in mid-December, but has now asked the Home Office for permission to stay.

Mr Abdel-Rahman took charge of the Supreme Iraqi Tribunal, which heads the dictator's trial for genocide, after the resignation of the former chief judge Rizgar Amin.