Extradition looms darker for NatWest three

In February the High Court ruled in support of the Government’s decision under an extradition treaty with the US to extradite former NatWest bankers David Birmingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew to face charges of conspiring with senior Enron managers to defraud the bank. Their defence counsel, Alun Jones QC immediately filed appeal proceedings. “The Secretary of State has failed to recognise there is in fact an imbalance and lack of reciprocity in the treaty. He has misunderstood the scheme of the Extradition Act in asserting there is no imbalance,” Jones said.