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Wednesday 23 April 2014

Grynhaus’ freedom bid fails















A SUSPECTED British paedophile who fled to Israel to avoid his UK trial for sex offences was close to being set free in Africa, his lawyers have revealed.

Todros Grynhaus is accused in the UK of seven counts of sexual assault against a boy and multiple girls. He escaped to Israel on a false passport in February 2013 but was arrested and remains in prison in Israel, fighting a legal battle to avoid return to the UK.

Israeli lawyers for Mr Grynhaus disclosed that they were close to securing his freedom by applying for a visa to enter the west African state of Gambia.

At a deportation hearing last week his legal team told Israel’s Central Region District Court that they had applied to the African state, but had not informed Gambian officials of the sexual charges against Mr Grynhaus or his use of a false passport to enter Israel.

Lawyers told the court that Mr Grynhaus’ case “touched the heart” of the Gambians but Israeli authorities scuppered the plan by informing Gambian officials that Interpol were seeking Mr Grynhaus for sexual crimes

 Location of the Gambia (dark red area within circle) on the coast of West Africa.
Youth in the Gambia

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