Judge blocks request to extradite teacher over child sex offence
A spokesperson for the CPS said: "On 25 June 2025, a district judge sitting at Westminster Magistrates' Court discharged Ms Richardson from an extradition request made by the government of the Republic of Turkey."The CPS will now consider the judgement carefully."Ms Richardson, who lives in Cradley, near Ledbury, was released on bail ahead of the next hearing at the same court on 9 July.The court previously heard the teacher left the UK in 2000 and spent nearly 20 years living abroad.She lived in Turkey between 2013 and 2019, and previously lived in Mexico and Hong Kong, the hearing was told.
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