People trafficker cannot be sent back to Romania: judge

By The Newsroom
Published 18th Jun 2018, 22:32 BST
Updated 19th Jun 2018, 16:56 BST
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A convicted people trafficker will not be extradited back to Romania because he may endure inhumane jail conditions, the High Court ruled today.

Vasile-Florin Carpaci, 38, won his appeal against being ordered to return to his native country amid claims of overcrowding within its prisons.

A judge cited the lack of assurances from the Romanian authorities about the type of regime he would face.

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Carpaci, who was on bail pending the outcome of his legal challenge, now no longer faces the threat of being sent back to Romania.

Extraditon proceedings were launched against him after he was detained under a European Arrest Warrant in Lisburn, Co Antrim in 2015.

He was being sought to serve a six-year sentence imposed on him back in December 2009 for people trafficking offences.