Human Rights



Here's the kind of ridiculous legal case that give human rights legislation a bad name - a suspected criminal trying to prevent his extradition to Belgium by arguing that he acts as a carer for his mother and partner.
The BBC reports that Raymond Urquhart has now been taken to Belgium to face charges of smuggling cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy) across international borders and if the allegations prove to be true, then the 'caring' trucker obviously wasn't back home in Perth looking after his family.   

Perth trucker extradited to Belgium over drugs charges

Raymond Urquhart's lawyers had argued extraditing him would breach his human rights

A Scottish lorry driver has been extradited to Belgium for trial on drugs charges.

Raymond Urquhart, of Perth, was arrested by Scottish police in March over his alleged involvement in moving cocaine and MDMA across international borders.

Lawyers acting for Urquhart had argued that extradition would breach his human rights.

It is understood the 51-year-old was taken to Belgium on Monday.

Urquhart was detained in March by Scottish detectives executing a European Arrest Warrant issued by Belgian police.

An initial hearing that month heard how European police suspected a telephone conversation between Urquhart and an unnamed Belgian man related to a large consignment of MDMA later seized in the Netherlands.

Urquhart's defence team argued at a further hearing in May that he acts as a carer for his elderly mother and partner, both of whom have health problems, and as such deporting him would breach his right to a family life.

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