EDMOND ARAPI - ITALY

Last updated: 21 July 2011

Father wanted for a crime he could not have committed

Edmond Arapi faced extradition to Italy to serve a 16 year sentence for a crime which was committed while he was at work in the UK. He was tried and convicted of killing a man in Italy in October 2004. But Edmond had no idea that he was wanted for a crime or that the trial even took place. In fact, Edmond hadn’t left the UK at all between the years of 2000-2006. Edmond was arrested in June 2009 at Gatwick Airport on a European Arrest Warrant, while returning from a family holiday.

Following a high-profile campaign, on the very day of his extradition appeal and only a few days after the birth of his son, Italian authorities announced it would withdraw the European Arrest Warrant, admitting that they had sought Mr Arapi in error.

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