Anthony Craig lost appeal against extradition for murder

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Anthony Craig lost his appeal against extradition for his murder conviction at the Court of Appeal on 21 May 2015.

Craig was convicted of murdering a man in a park in Blackburn, England, on 3 November 1973.

The court held there was no constitutional error in ordering his surrender to serve the balance of his life sentence.

A stay on surrender remained in place pending any application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.