Convicted pedophile agrees UK return
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A CONVICTED pedophile and former competitive ice skater who used the sport to groom young girls has agreed to return to Britain after he was arrested in Hong Kong on an extradition request.
Joseph Tsang, a fugitive from British police who was convicted in August of two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault, was arrested by Hong Kong police in September and has since been remanded in custody.
“He’s consented to return to the United Kingdom for sentence,” Tsang’s counsel Oliver Davies told reporters yesterday, a day after the 31-year-old had appeared in court.
Tsang, who wore a yellow T-shirt and looked relaxed during Monday’s hearing, is due back in court today to sign a “consent order” which will clear the way for his extradition.
“Within three months, he will be returned,” Davies added.
The latest development in the case comes after Hong Kong’s leader Leung Chun-ying issued an “authority to proceed” for Tsang’s extradition, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.
Tsang had previously indicated he would challenge the extradition request by the British government.
He was convicted in his absence by a British court in August after he broke free from his electronic tag and failed to show up, the newspaper previously reported.
He was also found guilty of taking indecent pictures of children, inciting children under 16 to engage in sexual activity, and engaging in sexual activity with a minor.
Tsang had his British passport confiscated and was suspected to have entered Hong Kong on a second passport.
British police had earlier told the newspaper that Tsang, a former competitive ice skater, used the sport to groom young girls.
An extradition treaty between Hong Kong and Britain came into force in 2002.
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