McKinnon v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Admn 23 Jan 2009

Judges:

Lord Justice Maurice Kay
Mr Justice Simon

Citations:

[2009] EWHC 170 (Admin)

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoMcKinnon v USA and Another Admn 3-Apr-2007
The defendant appealed an order for his extradition. He had used his computer in London to access remotely defence and other government computers in the USA, and deleted files and copied others onto his own computer. He had been offered a deal if he . .
See AlsoMcKinnon v The United States of America and Anotherr HL 30-Jul-2008
The appellant sought to avoid extradition to the US. He had hacked into 97 US government computers. He argued that the punishment he might expect in the US was completely disproportionate to the offence, and that he had been misled into entering . .

Cited by:

See AlsoMcKinnon, Regina (On the Application of) v Secretary Of State for Home Affairs Admn 31-Jul-2009
Assurances for Extradition
Extradition of the defendant was sought to the US to face allegations of hacking into defence computers there. He said this would infringe his article 3 rights, saying that he suffered Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Held: The application failed. US . .
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Extradition

Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.282620