Court rules against extradition of alleged Lolly Jackson killer

Louca is wanted in connection with the death of Teazers strip club boss Lolly Jackson. Last month a lower Cyprus court issued an order to extradite Louca to South Africa, but the Supreme Court has overturned that ruling. Full report on the News24 site

The court was persuaded by Louca that if he returned to South Africa he risked being killed. According to a report in The Mercury, Louca's lawyer, Loukis Loucaides, said he had argued that his client would be assassinated upon his return because of the pertinent information he held, and that eight other people linked to Jackson, and notorious Czech national Radovan Krejcir, had been killed. The court ruled that South Africa authorities would not be able to protect Louca, and that the extradition application was an infringement of the alleged hit man's right to life, the report notes. Full report in The Mercury (subscription needed)