Anthony Craig and Michael Balmer lose murder extradition appeals

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Anthony Craig and Michael Anthony Balmer lost their appeals against extradition for murder at the Court of Appeal, in a judgment delivered on 21 May 2015.

Both men had been ordered to return to the UK to serve the balance of life sentences imposed for murders committed there.

The court stayed their surrender pending a possible application to the Supreme Court, with the stay continuing if leave to appeal was sought.

A dissenting judge considered the British regime could amount to preventative detention and would have allowed the appeals.