The Daily Mail reports:
Gary McKinnon's agony due to drag on as extradition decision won't be made until the autumn
By Michael Seamark
PUBLISHED: 01:39, 25 July 2012 | UPDATED: 08:43, 25 July 2012
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Lawyers representing Theresa May told the High Court she would decide 'on or around October 16' whether Mr McKinnon, 46, would be sent to the US to stand trial.
Hugo Keith QC cited the Home Secretary's 'all-consuming' involvement in the Olympic Games as one reason for the delay.
Medical experts say Mr McKinnon, who has Asperger's syndrome, may kill himself if he is sent abroad.
His mother Janis Sharp said yesterday: 'The evidence is there that Gary is unfit for trial and a considerable suicide risk.
'We need this decision. This delay is wrong - morally wrong.'
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Hugo Keith QC, representing Mrs May, told the High Court she needed time to consider three new medical reports submitted by lawyers representing Mr McKinnon and wanted to announce her decision ' on or around October 16' once Parliament is sitting.
He also cited the Home Secretary's ' increasing and now all-consuming involvement in the Olympic Games - the biggest peacetime operation since the Second World War.'
But Mrs Sharp said: ' If Theresa May has got an ounce of compassion she would make her decision now before the Olympics because she has any number of medical reports - these delays are destroying my son's life.
' There is already enough evidence from two Home Office-approved experts - one appointed by the Home Secretary - and there is another four in all.
'She should show a little bit of compassion. Gary cannot cope any more.
The Olympics is an opportunity for a country to show its heart and courage to the World and giving a vulnerable man like Gary his freedom from ten years of mental torture would have shown the best side of who we are as a nation.'
Are we seriously meant to believe that every working hour of Theresa May's day is taken up by mismangement of the Olympics security ?
If she really is so obsessed and cannot delegate to trusted subordinates, she should resign as Home Secretary.
Remember that this case has already been mishandled by no fewer than 5 previous (Labour) Home Secretaries: David Blunkett, Charles Clarke, John Reid, Jacqui Smith & Alan Johnson
Dave
They really need to hurry up and send him to the US for the trial he deserves. He isn't mentally incapable of understanding what he did was wrong, he posted messages that were clearly not just looking for UFOs, and as for the threat of suicide... We can't let people get away with crimes just because they threaten self harm.
Please pass this message to Gary
Gary. You are a grown man. You should face the consequences of your actions. You are not incapable of understanding the difference between right and wrong and saying you are with this ludicrous aspergers theory is an insult to sufferers of asperger syndrome.
fg
@ Dave - so why, in your view, should there not be a fair trial here in the United Kingdom ?
The US government, the Home Office, the High Court, the Law Lords (now the Supreme Court) and the all the leading UK medical consultant experts all agree that Gary is suffering from Asperger's syndrome. This medical condition was only diagnosed after several years of extradition proceedings. You have no access to the medical evidence, so you are just making a fool of yourself in public.
Dave
fg A trial in the UK would not be fair to the US. We can't make a decision about what was done to them and the publicity already caused by the media would be damaging to the case.
I know plenty of aspergers sufferers, and the fact that for the past 40 years it has not been diagnosed but now suddenly half way though this case he gets diagnosed is a little suspect.
On top of this, even if he does have aspergers, you are saying that the fact that he has this means he should be excused any prosecution. What you are saying is that aspergers sufferers should not have the same rights and responsibilities as everyone else. This is unfair to any sufferer trying to lead a normal life as it undermines everything they try to do.
The main argument for Gary's case is that he may take his own life, but that can't be taken into account. You can't excuse someone of a crime just because they say "i'll hurt myself if you arrest me for this". I'm sure there are a lot of criminals that would rather hurt themselves than go to prison.
As for the argument that Gary was only looking for UFOs, what was this quote for:
"US foreign policy is akin to Government-sponsored terrorism these days … It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand down on September 11 last year … I am SOLO. I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels …"
Everything about this case make me think the system is being played and it sickens me that we allow this nonsense to be dragged out.
I can't understand how anyone would think there is any reason to let a criminal that admits their guilt walk free.