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| Lauri Love case: Vicar father fears son 'could kill himself' | Lauri Love case: Vicar father fears son 'could kill himself' |
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| A vicar says his son would be likely to kill himself if he were to be extradited to the US to face cyber-crime charges. | A vicar says his son would be likely to kill himself if he were to be extradited to the US to face cyber-crime charges. |
| The US wants to prosecute Lauri Love, 31, of Stradishall, for allegedly stealing details from the FBI, the Missile Defence Agency and Nasa. | The US wants to prosecute Lauri Love, 31, of Stradishall, for allegedly stealing details from the FBI, the Missile Defence Agency and Nasa. |
| Mr Love, who has Asperger syndrome, says he will not go to the US "under any condition whatsoever". | Mr Love, who has Asperger syndrome, says he will not go to the US "under any condition whatsoever". |
| A two-day extradition case is being heard by Westminster magistrates. | A two-day extradition case is being heard by Westminster magistrates. |
| LIVE: For more on this and other Suffolk stories | LIVE: For more on this and other Suffolk stories |
| Rev Alexander Love, a prison chaplain who works with vulnerable people at risk of suicide, told the court that some people he had counselled saw killing themselves as their only solution to a future they could not see. | Rev Alexander Love, a prison chaplain who works with vulnerable people at risk of suicide, told the court that some people he had counselled saw killing themselves as their only solution to a future they could not see. |
| He said: "In regard to my son ... Lauri is somebody who strikes me as somebody who will do this. The probability is quite high." | He said: "In regard to my son ... Lauri is somebody who strikes me as somebody who will do this. The probability is quite high." |
| Mr Love said the "bitter experience" of leading funerals for people who had killed themselves led to the regret that everyone has, "that they didn't see it coming". | Mr Love said the "bitter experience" of leading funerals for people who had killed themselves led to the regret that everyone has, "that they didn't see it coming". |
| "In Lauri's case," he said, "we do see it coming, that is the big difference. | "In Lauri's case," he said, "we do see it coming, that is the big difference. |
| "At times Lauri is in utter despair. At other times he's frustrated with the world. We have become his carers. His ability to grasp the real world is impaired." | "At times Lauri is in utter despair. At other times he's frustrated with the world. We have become his carers. His ability to grasp the real world is impaired." |
| Psychologist Prof Simon Baron Cohen told the court "about two thirds of people with Asperger's have suicidal thoughts... the overwhelming priority is to keep him (Lauri Love) alive". | |
| "About a third go on to make suicide plans like Lauri has," he said. | |
| "I think it would be a risk to think this is all fantasy." | |
| The hearing continues. |