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Peter A Walker

Supreme Court halts James Craig's US fraud case extradition

The UK's Supreme Court has halted the extradition of a Scottish man wanted by the US authorities over an alleged £1.2m fraud.

Five judges found that James Craig's human rights had been breached, as a legal measure which could have helped him had not been introduced in Scotland.

The UK Government did not bring in a measure north of the border allowing an extradition to be blocked if a trial could take place in the UK.

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