2022-04-26
On-the-run sex offender's human rights at risk if extradited to US, lawyers argue
Stage: Appeal
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Although Mr McGrath conceded the presumption of good faith in this instance may not be as strong as the presumption enjoyed under the European Arrest Warrant cases, he said that "none the less, it does enjoy a presumption". "The prosecutors [in Georgia] are seeking a term of imprisonment [for Wall]. Mr McGrath said that Wall was being returned to the US "to serve a sentence of imprisonment". "This is not a case where the appellant would be required to live in tent," he said. "The likely outcome in this case is that he would receive a period of detention." Previously, the High Court was told that in 2012 Wall had pleaded guilty through plea-bargain to attempting to entice a child for indecent purposes.