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Westminster Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard that he had since settled in Milton Keynes with his wife and young family – making Britain his ‘safe haven’.
But, in a judgment likely to spark outrage in America, magistrates ruled that Bowen’s ‘right to liberty and security’ under the European Convention on Human Rights was at threat from his extradition.
District judge Margaret Rose rejected claims that putting him on a plane would breach either his right to a fair trial or his freedom of expression.
But she added: ‘However, his Article 5 right to liberty and security would be at risk if he were to go back and convicted in New York state and face indefinite imprisonment, therefore he is discharged.
His defence lawyer, Malcolm Hawkes, said the reference to article 5 meant there was a fear his client would be placed in indefinite detention if he went back to the US.
>> the European Convention on Human Rights
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So by virtue of this judge’s decision, is Europe disregarding pedophilic rape charges brought forth by the United States?