The Supreme Court has finally made its decision on the prolonged legal wrangling over the extradition of Kim Dotcom. They said that he can be extradited.
Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the United States to face 12 criminal copyright-related charges, the Supreme Court has ruled after a marathon legal wrangle.
But in a twist, the top court has granted Dotcom and his three co-accused the ability to challenge the decision through a judicial review.
The Supreme Court ruled the High Court and Court of Appeal were wrong not to consider their application for a judicial review of the original District Court decision in 2015 that first ruled in favour of extradition.
German-born Dotcom had claimed the District Court made a number of procedural and substantive errors, but the two higher courts dismissed his call for a review as an abuse of process.
If the judicial review fails, the ‘final’ decision on the extradition of Dotcom and his co-accused, Mathias Ortman, Finn Batato and Bram van der Kolk, would then be made by Justice Minister Kris Faafoi.
The engines are warming up on the C-17 Globemaster III. The tailors are sourcing vast amounts of bolts of orange cloth as we speak.
There are now few options left open to “Billy Big Steps”. The sooner those are exhausted the better.
Have a heart for all those lefties who promoted this fool, in particular David “Tainted” Fisher who will be waving his meal ticket good bye.
I wonder if we should organise a big Orange Jumpsuit party to see him off at the airport?