Phillip Harkins was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in the US today. Harkins was originally arrested for murder in 1999 but fled to Scotland from the US after he was remanded on bail. He was then re-arrested in Scotland in 2003 after he was charged with death by dangerous driving. His 14-year extradition case, believed […]
On the 11th May 2018, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office published a memorandum which explains the agreement between the UK and the Republic of Albania, which supplements the European Convention on Extradition 1957. The effect of the agreement is that the UK and the Republic of Albania can no longer deny extradition of their own […]
A former Lithuanian parliamentarian is currently trying to avoid extradition from the US, claiming she will be murdered if she is returned to Lithuania for her involvement in the reporting of a government paedophile ring who victimised her niece. Earlier this week, her lawyers argued that she should be granted a stay of one year […]
Westminster Magistrates’ Court has scheduled the judgment in the Vijay Mallya extradition case for the 11th July 2018. Mr Mallya is hoping to convince the court that he faces political persecution, an unfair trial and breaches of his human rights if he is returned to India to face numerous money laundering and financial crime charges […]
James Acourt has accepted extradition from Spain to the UK pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant. The former suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder case was arrested in Barcelona and will be extradited to the UK to face numerous high-level drugs charges.
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