AC-2024-LON-004168 - [2025] EWHC 2268 (Admin)

The Applicant is the subject of an extradition request from Bulgaria under Part 1 of the Act, based upon a conviction warrant issued on 17 June 2022 for an offence of theft committed on 14 September 2016, for which he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Following his arrest on 29 March 2023, the Applicant did not consent to extradition, and a hearing took place before District Judge Leake on 16 November 2023.

The District Judge subsequently required further information from the Respondent in relation to prison conditions, approving a request for further information (“RFFI”) which was sent on 13 September 2024. A second prison assurance was received on 11 October 2024. On 16 December 2024, the District Judge ordered the Applicant’s extradition.