BUt I AM NOT DEFEENDING HIM on that at all. Merely pointing out its a very political case with decisions taken for political reasons.
uk judges pride themselves on their independence from political influence.
I also think he is a vainglorious effwit. doesn’t stop the legal cases against him being dodgy at best. doesn’t stop him being a sexual predator.
perhaps you should read the appeal court conclusion that:
1. At least one of the allegations against him would be rape in the UK, if proven.
2. All of the charges would fall under the requirement that their was “dual criminality” - we don’t need to call them the same thing.
But I can’t go on holiday and commit a crime in another country and then try and get away with it because it’s not illegal here.
actually you can (if you’ve got deep enough pockets for very good lawyers). Extradition treaties only require extradition where there is duality of the crime - ie the same course of action would have been illegal (not necessarily identical crimes) in both countries. This was an important legal point - but the judge, and then the appeal judges said “but this would be a crime in the UK”.
He seems to me to be a guy with a quite a few issues, he did good work and was happy to take the credit for exposing some terrible practices, but unable to take responsibility when his actions put others at risk as part of the fallout. And then there's the race charges.
Frankly I'm just glad he's gone.
And then there's this...
