内容摘要：Ofori-Atta's lawyers had offered to represent him but the state prosecutor said they could not respond to criminal charges on behalf of their client.

Ofori-Atta's lawyers had offered to represent him but the state prosecutor said they could not respond to criminal charges on behalf of their client.

The UN has said the 50-year-old's detention and treatment was illegal, and an international court has ruled his employer is not responsible for the business disagreement.Iraqi officials are yet to provide an explanation for the decision, Mr Pether's wife Desree told the BBC - noting her "extremely sick" husband is still banned from leaving the country despite needing urgent medical care.

The family feels numb with shock, said Mrs Pether, who has been tirelessly lobbying for this moment."It's the first time in over four years that we've taken one step in the right direction.""There's a tiny glimmer of hope, but there's another mountain still to go over."

"He really needs to be home and in hospital."Simon Harris, the tánaiste (deputy prime minister) of Ireland - where the Pether family lives - said in a statement to media that Iraq's Foreign Minister had called him to confirm the "welcome news".

"[This] has been a long and distressing saga for Robert's wife, three children and his wider family and friends," Harris said.

"I welcomed this as a first step to his being allowed to return to his family in Roscommon."The term obese describes a person who has excess body fat.

In the UK it's estimated that around one in every four adults is obese.The standard way of categorising people's weight is by calculating their body mass index, or BMI, which means dividing an adult's weight in kilograms by the square of their height in metres.

For most adults, if your BMI is:Those with an Asian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, Black African or African-Caribbean family background need to use a lower BMI score to measure overweight and obesity: