Zaid al-Hilli bail lifted in UK but French say he's still a suspect

Surrey police say there's not enough evidence, but prosecutor Maillaud says he's 'not finished' with Zaid

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SURREY police have announced this morning that Zaid al-Hilli, the brother of Saad al-Hilli, who with his wife and mother-in-law was found shot to death in the French Alps in September 2012, has been freed from bail because there is insufficient evidence to charge him with any criminal offence.

As the BBC reports, Zaid al-Hilli was arrested last June on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder amid claims that he doctored documents in a bid to get his hands on the family home following his and Saad's father's death.

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Jack Bremer is a London-based reporter, attached to The Week.co.uk. He has reported regularly from the United States and France.