Luczyszyn v Polish Judicial Authority
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | Mr Justice Cavanagh |
| Judgment Date | 01 March 2022 |
| Neutral Citation | [2022] EWHC 749 (Admin) |
| Docket Number | No. CO/631/2022 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Admiralty) |
[2022] EWHC 749 (Admin)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Mr Justice Cavanagh
No. CO/631/2022
Mr G. Hepburne Scott (instructed by Bark & Co) appeared on behalf of the Applicant.
Mr T. Cockroft (instructed by Government Legal Department) appeared on behalf of the Respondent.
This is an application to the High Court for bail under the Criminal Justice Act 1967 section 22(1)(a), following refusals of bail in extradition proceedings in the Magistrates' Court. The applicant's extradition is sought in relation to a conviction arrest warrant issued on 12 March 2021 by the Regional Court in Poland, and certified by the NCA in September 2021. The conviction arrest warrant relates to four offences consisting of burglary and theft from a shop on different occasion in February to May 2012. A suspended sentence was originally imposed upon the applicant of one year and six months, which sentence was subsequently activated.
The applicant was arrested on 29 October 2021 in this country and has been in custody since then. The extradition hearing took place on 11 February of this year and the district judge's ruling on the application will be handed down on 23 March — therefore about three weeks from now.
The applicant has made three bail applications at the Westminster Magistrates' Court, each one of which has been refused. The most recent refusal was by District Judge Callaway on 11 February of this year at the end of the extradition hearing. The applicant's current legal representatives (only recently instructed) do not know the dates of the other two applications.
The applicant appeals the decision and proposed conditions for his bail which are that he lives and sleeps at an address in Harlow; that he keeps to a curfew which is electronically monitored; that he does not go to any international hub; he does not apply for any international travel...
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