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| Eggheads star CJ de Mooi will not be extradited, court rules | |
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| The former Eggheads star CJ de Mooi no longer faces extradition to the Netherlands after a judge said a European arrest warrant should never have been issued. | The former Eggheads star CJ de Mooi no longer faces extradition to the Netherlands after a judge said a European arrest warrant should never have been issued. |
| Dutch police had wanted De Mooi extradited to question him about an alleged murder in Amsterdam almost 30 years ago. | Dutch police had wanted De Mooi extradited to question him about an alleged murder in Amsterdam almost 30 years ago. |
| However, Judge Khalid Quereshi said at Westminster magistrates court in central London on Monday that because no UK arrest warrant had been issued, no European equivalent should have followed. | However, Judge Khalid Quereshi said at Westminster magistrates court in central London on Monday that because no UK arrest warrant had been issued, no European equivalent should have followed. |
| He dismissed the European arrest warrant issued in De Mooi’s real name, Joseph Connagh, and ordered that the £5,000 security he had paid be returned. | He dismissed the European arrest warrant issued in De Mooi’s real name, Joseph Connagh, and ordered that the £5,000 security he had paid be returned. |
| The former panellist on the BBC quiz show was arrested after arriving at Heathrow airport on 21 September and appeared at Westminster magistrates the following morning. | The former panellist on the BBC quiz show was arrested after arriving at Heathrow airport on 21 September and appeared at Westminster magistrates the following morning. |
| Chris Stevens, De Mooi’s lawyer, said the Dutch warrant did not even contain a victim’s name. | Chris Stevens, De Mooi’s lawyer, said the Dutch warrant did not even contain a victim’s name. |
| Dutch police began to investigate the alleged crime after De Mooi’s autobiography was published in September 2015, in which he said he “might have killed a drug addict by punching him and throwing him into a canal” when he lived in Amsterdam in 1988. | Dutch police began to investigate the alleged crime after De Mooi’s autobiography was published in September 2015, in which he said he “might have killed a drug addict by punching him and throwing him into a canal” when he lived in Amsterdam in 1988. |
| Stevens told the court in September that his client had cooperated with British police earlier this year after the book was published. “It was a shock to him and his husband when he came to Heathrow to be pulled aside by security,” he said. | Stevens told the court in September that his client had cooperated with British police earlier this year after the book was published. “It was a shock to him and his husband when he came to Heathrow to be pulled aside by security,” he said. |
| De Mooi had been bailed pending a full extradition hearing scheduled for 28 November. He was also banned from travelling abroad, had to sleep every night at his home address and keep a charged mobile phone with him at all times. | De Mooi had been bailed pending a full extradition hearing scheduled for 28 November. He was also banned from travelling abroad, had to sleep every night at his home address and keep a charged mobile phone with him at all times. |
| Rachael Scott, prosecuting, told the court on Monday that UK police were still interested in talking to De Mooi, who said he was happy to do so in Britain. | Rachael Scott, prosecuting, told the court on Monday that UK police were still interested in talking to De Mooi, who said he was happy to do so in Britain. |
| The 46-year-old became a panellist on the BBC2 show, which features five quiz champions competing as a team against different challengers, in 2003 after winning a series of game shows. He was dropped by the BBC earlier this year. | The 46-year-old became a panellist on the BBC2 show, which features five quiz champions competing as a team against different challengers, in 2003 after winning a series of game shows. He was dropped by the BBC earlier this year. |