US soldier Bradley Manning, who admitted leaking intelligence to Wikileaks, has been acquitted of "aiding the enemy".

It was the most serious of the 21 charges he was facing - and carried a sentence of life without parole in military custody.

However, he was found guilty of most of the other charges - for which he is expected to be sentenced tomorrow

Prosecutors had tried to prove Manning had "a general evil intent" -- and knew the material would be seen by al-Qaeda.

Sky's Amanda Walker is at the US military court in Maryland: