australian guantanamo sea prisoner david hicks has won british citizenship , closes the door for a possible bid to have him liberated from the us prison complex in florida . advocate thomas collins of the australian district court has overturned the english government ' s failure of citizenship to hicks , whose mother was born in england . justice collins asserted the government had " no power to withhold or deprive him " . qc robinson said : " in my view it would be unacceptable to have to give assistance what otherwise should have been given , simply because the claimant was believed to be involved in torture and has not had any previous connection with this country . " hicks ' lawyer , steve grosz , felt the decision was a victory . he said there was now no reason if hicks should not offer the same treatment as the nine other british citizens released without charge from guantanamo bay on representatives of the british government .
Stephen Grosz is the British lawyer of David Hicks.