We expect US to keep us in chains, says British banker (Enron related)

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We expect US to keep us in chains, says British banker

JAMES KIRKUP
POLITICAL EDITOR

ONE of three bankers facing extradition to the United States under controversial British laws yesterday told of his fears about the treatment they will face when they arrive in America this week.

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The three are alleged to have defrauded NatWest of £11 million in a deal with Enron, the collapsed US energy giant, by selling a Cayman Islands-based company for less than it was worth.

Despite repeated appeals from the three men, their families, MPs of all parties and senior business figures, the Prime Minister and John Reid, the Home Secretary, have refused to block or delay the extradition.

The case has sparked a political storm because the extradition will take place under the 2003 Extradition Act. That law lowered the standard of evidence the US authorities must show before Britain will agree to extradite a suspect for trial.

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