UK rejects Gary McKinnon extradition to US

The British government has today rejected the extradition request from the US government for hacker Gary McKinnon. Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, home secretary Theresa May said that McKinnon’s health issues – he suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome – made it too much of a risk to extradite him. “After careful consideration of all of the relevant material, I have concluded that Mr McKinnon’s extradition would give rise to such a high risk of him ending his life that a decision to extradite would be incompatible with Mr McKinnon’s human rights,” she said. The 46-year-old could have faced up to 60 years in prison in America if convicted