A Briton moved off death row in the US after two decades is in "good spirits", his leading supporter has said.
Kenny Richey's conviction for murder over a fire which killed a two-year-old girl in Ohio was overturned last month.

A Scot whose death sentence was thrown out by a US federal appeals court has been moved from a prison where he has awaited execution for 20 years.

Kenny Richey, who grew up in Edinburgh, was transferred from a state prison in Ohio to a county jail in Ottawa on Monday, JoEllen Lyons, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Corrections, said Richey, 43, was found guilty of starting a fire that killed a two-year-old girl in 1986 but his conviction was overturned last month.

I just spoke to Kenny and he is at last out of death row and in Putnam County Jail.

Kenny told me that they came for them this morning at 9.30 Ohio time.

He had just finally managed to get a dental appointment after waiting for weeks on it, when he was suddenly told that it was cancelled and he was leaving death row.

Recently I had the privilege of meeting Craig and Charlie Reid., aka The Proclaimers.  Their support of Kenny and his campaign has been wonderful over the years.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting to free death row Scot Kenny Richey have started a petition to change the venue of his retrial.