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Child abuse: Court sends British national to judicial custody

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
A Delhi court has remanded a British national, facing extradition proceedings here and wanted in a child abuse and trafficking case in the Philippines, to judicial custody till July 25.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shunali Gupta sent Lennox James Ellis, arrested in Goa last month following a Red Corner Notice, to jail after senior advocate N K Matta, appearing for the Centre, submitted that the work regarding his extradition to the Philippines was going on.

The accused was produced before the court in pursuance to the production warrant issued by it last week.

Ellis was arrested in Goa on June 8 on the basis of the notice issued by the Interpol at the behest of the Philippines government earlier this year.
 

The counsel had said that Ellis was required to face trial in a child sexual abuse and trafficking case of last year.

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First Published: Jul 12 2016 | 7:22 PM IST

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