TNAG-2655-FCO40-3848-Extradition-cases-from-the-UK-and-France-to-Hong-Kong-Lorrai-1992 — Page 11

The Rt. Hon Christopher Patten

47 Morpeth Mansions

Morpeth Terrace London

SWIP IET

Office: 071 270 3994

HKD 384/1

20 May 1992

Bruce Kent Esq

11 Venetia Road LONDON

N4 1EJ

& Buck Kart,

tracked.

Thank you for your letter of 7 May about the Lorrain Osman case.

Mr Osman's lengthy remand in the UK flows from the very extensive use he has chosen to make of the appeals procedure. To date, seven applications for a writ of habeas corpus have been heard and rejected by the courts. Mr Osman has now petitioned the House of Lords against the judgment in the latest habeas corpus application earlier this year.

All the allegations made in your letter are a matter for the courts. They were considered and discussed by the Divisional Court in the course of Mr Osman's unsuccessful fourth and seventh habeas corpus applications.

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Yours sincerely

An (AM)

Chris Patten

CP2ACY