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| Domenico Rancadore: Mafia boss has bail overturned | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Family name's 'stigma' | |
| But he added there was "a real risk - indeed a very real risk - that he would abscond if granted bail". | 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." | The judge said: "In my view this appeal should be allowed and Mr Rancadore remanded in custody." |
| In court, his wife Anne Skinner said he would not abscond as they had left Italy so their children could escape Rancadore's family connection to the Mafia. | |
| Mrs Skinner, the daughter of a former Italian consul to London, told the court the children's paternal grandfather, Giuseppe, was a Sicilian Mafia leader. | |
| "When my husband managed to get early retirement, we said we had got to leave, we had got to give our children a better future. | |
| "We could not stay because it was a negative environment for them. Because of the stigma of their surname, everywhere they went people said 'You are Rancadore - your grandfather...'." | |
| She said since they moved to England, she ran her own business while he "helped with the housework". | |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | He was arrested on 7 August at his home in Uxbridge under a European Arrest Warrant. |
| The former teacher had been living under the name of Marc Skinner. | The former teacher had been living under the name of Marc Skinner. |
| The full extradition hearing is due to take place in February. | The full extradition hearing is due to take place in February. |