Christopher Tappin
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To cut a long story short, he used to run an internatinal freight company, which was approached by another company to ship some batteries to Holland. Little did the client know that the whole operation was a US sting, somehow related to Iran, and when he was questioned he named Tappin as a co-conspirator. Now he faces plea bargaining into guilt or dying in a US prison
Why do I feel the world isn't any safer?
BBC said:
Christopher Tappin US extradition due on Friday
A man facing extradition to the US on Friday for allegedly trying to sell batteries for Iranian missiles says he has been "let down" by British justice.
Retired businessman Christopher Tappin said that he was leaving the UK feeling he had fewer rights than a terrorist.
Mr Tappin, 65, from London, has been ordered to go to Heathrow later, where US marshals will escort him to America.
British judges say the extradition is lawful and the European Court of Human Rights has refused to intervene.
Mr Tappin, of Orpington, south-east London, has fought against extradition through the British courts after being charged in the US with conspiring to export batteries which could be used in Hawk air defence missiles.
He faces a possible 35-year jail sentence in Texas - but says that he is the victim of entrapment.
Last week the European Court of Human Rights refused to intervene in his case. Mr Tappin, president of the Kent Golf Society, was ordered to present himself to Heathrow Airport to be taken to the United States for trial.
There was a much more detailed full page article on this guy last weekend in The Times, and can't help think he's been stitched upA man facing extradition to the US on Friday for allegedly trying to sell batteries for Iranian missiles says he has been "let down" by British justice.
Retired businessman Christopher Tappin said that he was leaving the UK feeling he had fewer rights than a terrorist.
Mr Tappin, 65, from London, has been ordered to go to Heathrow later, where US marshals will escort him to America.
British judges say the extradition is lawful and the European Court of Human Rights has refused to intervene.
Mr Tappin, of Orpington, south-east London, has fought against extradition through the British courts after being charged in the US with conspiring to export batteries which could be used in Hawk air defence missiles.
He faces a possible 35-year jail sentence in Texas - but says that he is the victim of entrapment.
Last week the European Court of Human Rights refused to intervene in his case. Mr Tappin, president of the Kent Golf Society, was ordered to present himself to Heathrow Airport to be taken to the United States for trial.
To cut a long story short, he used to run an internatinal freight company, which was approached by another company to ship some batteries to Holland. Little did the client know that the whole operation was a US sting, somehow related to Iran, and when he was questioned he named Tappin as a co-conspirator. Now he faces plea bargaining into guilt or dying in a US prison
Why do I feel the world isn't any safer?
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