Siewarga v Regional Court in Zielona Gora, Poland

The appellant appeals against an order for his extradition to Poland on an accusation European arrest warrant in respect of two offences alleged to have been committed in 2014. The appellant was remanded in custody on 12 February 2024 and has remained in custody since. Extradition was ordered by District Judge Minhas in a judgment handed down on 27 June 2024. The appellant has now spent seven months in custody on remand in relation to this extradition. At the time of the extradition hearing that figure was four and a half months.

On September 25, 2014, in Zary, Lubush Province, acting in order to gain financial benefits, having first exploited the mistake of Stefan Kfosek as to his identity and the intention to fulfil the obligation to organize him and Dorota Tofil jobs in Berlin with packaging of confectionery products, he led him to an unfavourable disposal of his own money in the mount of PLN1820, transferred to him by the aggrieved party as a deposit to cover the travel and accommodation costs

On September 29, 2014 in Sienica, West Pomeranian Province, acting in order to gain financial benefits, having first misled Radoslaw Wydrzyriski as to his identity and the intention to fulfil the obligation to organize him and Sandra Wadas jobs in Berlin with packaging of confectionery products, he led him to an unfavourable disposal of his own money in the mount of PLN1720, transferred to him by the aggrieved party as a deposit to cover the travel and accommodation costs.

A domestic warrant was issued in 2020, and the accusation warrant was issued in 2022 and certified in 2023. The total amount in the charges is the equivalent of about £710 according to the grounds of appeal. The penalty if convicted is stated to be ‘deprivation of liberty from six months up to eight years’.

This appeal is brought under s.26 of the Act. The High Court may only allow the appeal if one of the conditions in s.27 are met. The condition relied on by the appellant is set out in s.27(4) of the Act: