EXTRADITION TREATIES TO BE REVIEWED

Garry Mann, football fan extradited to Portugal following unfair trial

THE GUARDIAN - MAEV KENNEDY

The government today announced a review of Britain's extradition treaties with the US and other jurisdictions, in the wake of controversial cases including that of the computer hacker Gary McKinnon.

The panel will also consider the operation of the European arrest warrant, a measure welcomed by Fair Trials International and Open Europe.

Cases taken up by Fair Trials International include a 51-year-old fireman from Kent sentenced to two years in prison over a riot during the Euro 2004 football tournament in Portugal, which he claims happened while he was in a cafe several streets away with friends. He was deported to England, and then rearrested and extradited last year under a European warrant.