According to CTV NewsNet, Judge St. Eve has ruled that Conrad Black cannot go back to Canada. The original conditions imposed upon him in the first custody hearing stand, as well as the freedoms he had gotten. She did stipulate that she may change her mind if Conrad can scrape up more money for bail - in fact, the reason why she let her earlier decision stand was Conrad's refusal, or inability, to put up more bail money.
The Toronto Star has webbed a brief written report on the decision that also includes the name of Conrad Black's lead appeal lawyer. A more detailed one, by Theresa Tedesco, has been webbed by the National Post. It quotes Judge St. Eve as saying in her decision: "'With no additional assets and the uncertainty of the extradition process, I am not convinced that you have met your burden.'"
Some details on the arguments used by each side are in this Bloomberg report, written by Andrew Harris, as there are in this detailed Reuters report by Andrew Stern.
Also, Susan Berger has a report on the second hearing that's been webbed by CBC News.
More news reports can be found through Google News.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
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