2014-11-18
High Court orders extradition of two convicted murderers but puts stay on surrender
Stage: Appeal
Outcome: Balmer, with a last address in Cornwall, England, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1984 for attacking and killing a woman in her home on the evening of July 28 1983 in Devon, England. Counsel for Mr Balmer, Patrick McGrath SC, previously told the court that his client had served the punitive element of his sentence and his surrender on grounds of public protection meant his client would be subjected to preventative detention.