cancel2 2022
Canceled
Another legacy from Tony B Liar. He signed an incredibly one sided extradition treaty which was primarily intended for terrorists and is now being used for any manner of cases.
A British couple who are the latest targets of the controversial extradition treaty with the US face dying behind bars – in a dispute over work expenses. Paul Dunham, 58, and his wife Sandra, 57, say they will consider ending their lives rather than spending years in an American prison segregated from each other.
The couple, who have one son and five grandchildren, were arrested at their four-bedroom detached house in Northampton 14 months ago and are set to be extradited within weeks.
They are being treated as criminals under the Extradition Act, despite campaigners saying the row is a civil matter.
The couple – who are backed by the mother of computer hacker Gary McKinnon – expect to spend the next couple of years in a US prison for offences they insist they did not commit. As they wait for the case to be heard, the pair – who have been married for 35 years – will not be allowed to see each other.
Speaking for the first time about the case, Mr Dunham last night told the Mail: ‘Once we are separated and incarcerated, to us, the point of life will be over.’ His wife added: ‘This has completely destroyed our lives. It is like a horror movie.’ Mr Dunham ran the UK arm of an American soldering iron manufacturer PACE, while his wife worked in sales at the company. After 25 years of service, they were asked to move to the US to take charge of the firm in 2005.
Owner William Siegel promoted Mr Dunham to chief executive after removing his son Eric from the business, but in May 2009, after Mr Siegel had a reconciliation with Eric and brought him back into the business, the couple resigned and returned to the UK.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545643/Wed-die-rot-US-jail-say-British-couple-facing-extradition-1m-expenses-fiddle.html
A British couple who are the latest targets of the controversial extradition treaty with the US face dying behind bars – in a dispute over work expenses. Paul Dunham, 58, and his wife Sandra, 57, say they will consider ending their lives rather than spending years in an American prison segregated from each other.
The couple, who have one son and five grandchildren, were arrested at their four-bedroom detached house in Northampton 14 months ago and are set to be extradited within weeks.
They are being treated as criminals under the Extradition Act, despite campaigners saying the row is a civil matter.
The couple – who are backed by the mother of computer hacker Gary McKinnon – expect to spend the next couple of years in a US prison for offences they insist they did not commit. As they wait for the case to be heard, the pair – who have been married for 35 years – will not be allowed to see each other.
Speaking for the first time about the case, Mr Dunham last night told the Mail: ‘Once we are separated and incarcerated, to us, the point of life will be over.’ His wife added: ‘This has completely destroyed our lives. It is like a horror movie.’ Mr Dunham ran the UK arm of an American soldering iron manufacturer PACE, while his wife worked in sales at the company. After 25 years of service, they were asked to move to the US to take charge of the firm in 2005.
Owner William Siegel promoted Mr Dunham to chief executive after removing his son Eric from the business, but in May 2009, after Mr Siegel had a reconciliation with Eric and brought him back into the business, the couple resigned and returned to the UK.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2545643/Wed-die-rot-US-jail-say-British-couple-facing-extradition-1m-expenses-fiddle.html
