LONDON, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- A former British Guantanamo Bay detainee said Tuesday that inmates in the US detention camp in Cuba had been tortured by US military personnel who tried to make them "go crazy."

    Martin Mubanga, who had been held at Guantanamo for three years as a terror suspect, told the BBC: "The main object of the Americans in their torture ...is to make you go crazy."

    "There are a number of other detainees who have gone insane. I have seen beatings, I have seen humiliating treatment," said Mubanga who was released in January after being detained without charge.

    Mubanga, who was questioned by British police on his return to Britain and released without charge, has already claimed he was physically and verbally abused by US forces during interrogation sessions at Guantanamo Bay.

    The 32-year-old man has lodged a petition with the British Home Office demanding that allegations of torture be investigated.

    Other former British detainees have also accused US troops of torturing or mistreating them while in custody at Guantanamo Bay or in Afghanistan. Enditem