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| Hacking suspect Lauri Love wins appeal against extradition to US | Hacking suspect Lauri Love wins appeal against extradition to US |
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| Lawyers for 32-year-old student argued he would be at risk of killing himself in US | |
| Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent | Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent |
| Mon 5 Feb 2018 11.21 GMT | Mon 5 Feb 2018 11.21 GMT |
| Last modified on Mon 5 Feb 2018 12.29 GMT | |
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| Lauri Love, the British student accused of hacking into US government websites, will not be extradited to face trial in America, the high court has ruled. | Lauri Love, the British student accused of hacking into US government websites, will not be extradited to face trial in America, the high court has ruled. |
| Lawyers for the 32-year-old, who lives in Suffolk, had argued that he should be tried for his alleged crimes in the UK and that he would be at risk of killing himself if sent to the US. | Lawyers for the 32-year-old, who lives in Suffolk, had argued that he should be tried for his alleged crimes in the UK and that he would be at risk of killing himself if sent to the US. |
| The court accepted both of the main arguments advanced by Love’s lawyers that there was no reason he could not be tried in England and that he might suffer serious damage to his health if he were extradited. | The court accepted both of the main arguments advanced by Love’s lawyers that there was no reason he could not be tried in England and that he might suffer serious damage to his health if he were extradited. |
| There was an outburst of cheering and applause in court when the lord chief justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, announced his decision. Burnett asked supporters to be quiet, saying: “This is a court, not a theatre.” | |
| Announcing his decision preventing extradition, Burnett said: “We emphasise however that it would not be oppressive to prosecute Mr Love in England for the offences alleged against him. | |
| “Far from it. Much of Mr Love’s argument was based on the contention that this is indeed where he should be prosecuted. | |
| “The CPS [Crown Prosecution Service] must now bend its endeavours to his prosecution, with the assistance to be expected from the authorities in the United States, recognising the gravity of the allegations in this case, and the harm done to the victims. As we have pointed out, the CPS did not intervene to say that prosecution in England was inappropriate. If proven, these are serious offences indeed.” | |
| The CPS, which acts on behalf of the US authorities in the case, said it would read the judgment before deciding whether or not to appeal. | |
| Any appeal against the high court decision would be taken to the supreme court. | |
| Emerging from the front of the court afterwards, Love said: “This is not just for myself. I hope this sets a precedent for the future for anyone in the same position that they will be tried here. | Emerging from the front of the court afterwards, Love said: “This is not just for myself. I hope this sets a precedent for the future for anyone in the same position that they will be tried here. |
| “We are hopeful that other people will be able to rely on this.” | “We are hopeful that other people will be able to rely on this.” |
| Love, who has joint British and Finnish nationality, has Asperger syndrome and severe depression. His supporters had gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice before the hearing carrying placards declaring: “Trump can’t get no Love”, “Free Love”, “Trial at home” and “Give Love a chance”. | |
| They had feared he would be held in solitary confinement and face a jail sentence of up to 99 years in the US. | |
| Welcoming the judgment, Emma Norton, head of legal casework at Liberty, which intervened in the case, said: “We are delighted that the court has today recognised Lauri’s vulnerability, close family connections to the UK and the potentially catastrophic consequences of extraditing him. This was always a case that could have been prosecuted here and it’s shameful that Lauri and his family have been put through this terrible ordeal.” | |
| His father, the Rev Alexander Love, had said his son feared for his life because he did not think he could cope with the trauma of being sent to the US. | |
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| UK criminal justice | UK criminal justice |
| Crime | Crime |
| Human rights | Human rights |
| Hacking | Hacking |
| Computing | Computing |
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