Judge quashes Home Office decision to extradite vulnerable man to US
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#7057B)
Portugal has also made extradition request for Diogo Santos Coelho who is facing cybercrime charges
A high court judge has ruled that a vulnerable autistic man should not be extradited to the US on cybercrime charges, quashing a Home Office decision.
The UK government has accepted that Diogo Santos Coelho, 25, was groomed and exploited online by adults from the age of 14, leading to him setting up the website RaidForums, to which the alleged crimes relate.
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