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Alleged paedophile in bid to avoid trial

December 6, 2013 09:38

ByJonathan Kalmus, Jonathan Kalmus

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A suspected British paedophile who fled to Israel to avoid a trial may walk free if he succeeds in being deported to a third country, the JC has learned,

Todros Grynhaus is accused in the UK of seven counts of sexual assault against children. He escaped to Israel on a false passport in February but his attempt to secure Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return failed when the Israeli supreme court ruled he was too dangerous to remain.

The 48-year-old, from Salford, is currently being held in an Israeli prison. He is effectively exiled from Israel but is free to return to the UK to defend himself at a trial.

He was due to be tried in absentia in Manchester last month, but Judge Martin Rudland postponed proceedings when it became clear that the Home Office had not begun the process to secure his return to the UK.