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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions >> Wolszlegier v District Court in Gdansk, Poland [2015] EWHC 703 (Admin) (09 February 2015) URL: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2015/703.html Cite as: [2015] EWHC 703 (Admin) |
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QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Strand London WC2A 2LL |
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LUKASZ WOLSZLEGIER | Appellant | |
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DISTRICT COURT IN GDANSK, POLAND | Respondent |
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Ms Catherine Brown (instructed by the CPS Extradition Unit) appeared on behalf of the Respondent
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"The point is not the label that attaches to absence. In this case there was clearly no prohibition on the defendant leaving Poland. However when he left he knew he had committed another offence. He failed to tell me about that at the original hearing, and I am satisfied that he was deliberately trying to hide this material fact from me. Moreover I do not accept that he thought the sentence had been suspended for that new offence."
The judge continued:
"It is clear to me that when this defendant left Poland he knew he had committed another offence, and that at the very least the suspended sentence was likely to be imposed. He fled to avoid that happening and failed to leave a forwarding address. It is his fault, not the fault of the Polish court, he was not traced earlier. Whether or not you describe him as a classic fugitive, it is not open to him to complain about the delay which is entirely of his own making."