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Morocco bans extradition of citizen for trial abroad
Moroccan Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the extradition request of Anglo-Moroccan Lee Lamrani Ibrahim Murray accused by London of being the alleged mastermind of the robbery that occurred in Kent, south of England, judicial sources indicated here.British officials accuse Lee Murray of being the mastermind of the robbery of Kent where 77 million euros was stolen in February 2006. According to the Court, Lee Lamrani is Moroccan as his father is Moroccan, and the law bans extraditing a national to a country where he is accused of committing a crime. Arrested on 25 June, Lee Lamrani will be free Monday, for he will have purged the 8 month-prison sentence which he was served on Wednesday by the criminal court of Sale, near Rabat, after paying the fines inflicted on him. He was found guilty, like three other British, of "violence against law enforcement officers and drug use". In addition, the four defendants have also been fined 27,000 euros to the Moroccan customs office that took civil action. Posted by: Fred 2007-02-27 |
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