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Australia to Extradite McCrea to Singapore 
Posted on Thursday, September 01, 2005 - 12:00 AM

A British businessman accused of two murders faces a trial in Singapore after judges in Australia dismissed his appeal against extradition. Michael McCrea is accused of murdering his chauffeur, Kho Nai Guan, and the driver's girlfriend, Lan Ya Ming, in January 2002 following a dispute.


The full bench of Australia's Federal Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal by McCrea against an Australian government decision in 2002 to extradite him to Singapore to stand trial for the alleged murders.

Lawyers for McCrea, who is in custody in Melbourne, said they will appeal to the Australian High Court. They will also petition the British government to try McCrea under an old English statute, the 1861 Offenses Against the Person Act.