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Chalitovas v State Secretary of Ministry of Justice, Lithuania

Author / Contributor: John Jones QC
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Chalitovas v State Secretary of Ministry of Justice, Lithuania
   
Issue: Whether s63 of the Extradition Act 2003 applied only to “over the wall” cases of escape from prison, or whether it could apply to a situation the person had been convicted and sentenced in another country and was unlawfully at large from the requesting state without ever having been imprisoned there.
   
Court: Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/3917/2006
   
Neutral Citation:   [2006] EWHC 1978 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Maurice Kay LJ, Mitting J
   
Date: 7 June 2006