In June last year, 13-year-old Leonie was raped, abused and strangled. Her body was then dumped under a tree in Donaustadt. One of the suspected Afghans fled from investigators to London. His lawyer is now trying to prevent his extradition to Austria and to obtain the right to stay in Great Britain for him – this way he could avoid a trial.
The question of how 23-year-old Rasuili Z. was able to enter the UK unnoticed on a refugee boat with a false name almost four weeks after the crime, and who helped him, has already been investigated by the eXXpress.
The Afghan Z. was arrested by British police in an Ibis hotel ten days after his arrival, on July 29, 2021. He had been living there for a fortnight at the expense of the British taxpayer before his arrest and had applied for asylum under a false name.
On July 29, the Austrian judiciary filed an extradition request, but the Afghan’s lawyer objected. At today’s hearing in London, lawyer Ben Keith objected to the Afghan’s extradition under section 12A of the Extradition Act 2003, claiming that Rasuili Z. had “not yet been charged or tried” in Austria. The Afghan spoke in court only through a Farsi interpreter , was flanked by a judicial officer and also refused to wear a mask when the charges of rape and another of aggravated sexual abuse against a person under 14 were read out.Seven months after the murder of 13-year-old Leonie, there are still no charges in Austria – against any of the alleged perpetrators. Z., an alleged murderer and rapist, should not be extradited for the time being. According to the British court, he is accused of “coercing Leonie into taking seven (!) ecstasy tablets. Then he raped her, as did his three accomplices. He then grabbed the victim and strangled her until she could no longer breathe and suffocated. The body was then rolls into a carpet and dumped next to a road a hundred metres from the crime scene. “The verdict on extradition to Austria is scheduled for January 12.
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