NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Herald
Kurt Bayer
A decision by the New Zealand Government to extradite a former Catholic brother to Australia to face child-sex abuse charges has been backed by a High Court judge.
In a decision out today, Justice Cameron Mander has concluded that former Justice Minister Judith Collins made no error in deciding to extradite Bernard Kevin McGrath, 66, to stand trial on 250 charges of sexual offending.
An application to review the decision has been declined.
After several hearings at district and high court jurisdictions, it was left up to Ms Collins earlier this year to make a final decision on whether McGrath be extradited to Australia.
In August, after “careful consideration”, Ms Collins issued an order for his surrender across the Tasman.
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