Key Facts
- •Tibor Jozsa's appeal against extradition to Hungary for assault.
- •Assault occurred on August 6, 2015, resulting in significant injuries to the victim.
- •Jozsa fled to the UK in 2016.
- •He was convicted in Hungary in 2017 and the conviction became final in 2018.
- •A second European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for other offences was withdrawn in March 2022.
- •Jozsa spent eight months in remand in the UK before being granted bail with electronic monitoring.
- •He has established family life and employment in the UK.
- •Only four months of his one-year sentence remain to be served.
Legal Principles
Extradition must not be a disproportionate interference with Article 8 ECHR rights (right to respect for private and family life).
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), Article 8
The court must conduct a balancing exercise weighing the public interest in extradition against the impact on the individual's Article 8 rights.
Norris v Government of the USA (No 2) [2010] 2 AC 487; H(H) v Italy [2013] 1 AC 338; Polish Judicial Authorities v Celinski [2016] 1 WLR 551
In fresh evidence cases, the court makes its own assessment de novo.
Olga C v The Prosecutor General's Office [2016] EWHC 2211 (Admin); Versluis v The Public Prosecutor's Office [2019] EWHC 764 (Admin); De Zorzi v Attorney General [2019] 1 WLR 6249
Outcomes
Appeal dismissed; extradition ordered.
The court found that extradition would not be a disproportionate interference with Jozsa's Article 8 rights, considering the seriousness of the offence, his fugitivity, and the relatively short remaining sentence. The withdrawal of EAW 2, while altering the circumstances, did not tip the balance.