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| Domenico Rancadore: Mafia boss has bail overturned | |
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| A Mafia boss has had his bail overturned by the High Court and will now be held in custody until his full extradition hearing. | |
| Domenico Rancadore, 64, was arrested in London in August after going on the run from Italian authorities for 14 years. | |
| He was given bail on Monday by Westminster magistrates. | |
| The Crown Prosecution Service appealed against this, but the hearing was delayed until Thursday after he was taken to hospital with heart problems. | |
| Lord Justice Goldring, sitting at London's High Court with Mr Justice Ouseley, said it was clear that he had a heart condition and it was something which should be considered. | |
| 'Builder bribes' | |
| But he added there was "a real risk - indeed a very real risk - that he would abscond if granted bail". | |
| The judge said: "In my view this appeal should be allowed and Mr Rancadore remanded in custody." | |
| Rancadore is wanted in Italy over his role as a "man of honour" in the Cosa Nostra, where he collected bribes from builders in Trabia, near Palermo. | |
| The father-of-two was initially acquitted of the Mafia-related crimes after a three-year trial in Italy, and came to the UK in 1993. | |
| But in 1999 he was convicted in his absence of being part of a criminal organisation and sentenced by the Italian authorities to seven years in jail. | |
| He was arrested on 7 August at his home in Uxbridge under a European Arrest Warrant. |