David Cameron speaks to King Abdullah over Abu Qatada trial Prime Minister David Cameron spoke with King Abdullah of Jordan today about Britain's efforts to deport Islamist radical Abu Qatada to stand trial in the country. Downing Street said the phone conversation took place during Mr Cameron's visit to Sweden, but there was no immediate detail available on how the discussion went. The Prime Minister said yesterday it was "completely unacceptable" that the UK is unable to return Qatada to Jordan because of a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that he must not be sent back if it might lead to him being tried with evidence obtained under torture. Home Office Minister James Brokenshire is to fly to Jordanian capital Amman next week to try to secure assurances to satisfy the ECHR that the Middle Eastern state will not use evidence gathered by the use of torture in any trial of Qatada. Mr Cameron yesterday told MPs that Qatada "should have been deported years ago" and promised to work with the Jordanians to clear remaining hurdles to his removal. "It is not acceptable that you end up with a situation where you have someone in your country that threatens to do you harm, that you cannot try, you cannot detain and you cannot deport," the PM said yesterday.