Dead man wins extradition battle

A man who fought Britain's longest-running battle against extradition has been allowed to stay by the High Court - weeks after he died.

Businessman Mohammed Lodhi spent a decade resisting extradition on drug charges to the United Arab Emirates.

He died in January just six weeks after the end of a legal challenge in which he said he faced torture if returned.



On Friday the High Court ruled that Mr Lodhi would have been allowed to stay in the UK, had he lived.

Lord Justice Laws and Mr Justice Ouseley ruled that there was a real risk that Mr Lodhi would have been tortured or subjected to inhuman treatment had he been extradited as requested.

Mr Lodhi, who was in his early 50s and rarely took a day off, died of a heart attack while exercising. His family believe that he had been suffering from enormous stress in the run-up to the judgement.