South African court fails to decide on Krejcir extradition

A first instance court in Johannesburg, South Africa, has failed to decide whether Czech-born businessman Radovan Krejcir will be extradited for prosecution in the Czech Republic. The judge in charge of the case released the information to the Czech news agency CTK on Friday. Mr Krejcir, wanted on suspicion of a number of serious crimes in the Czech Republic, escaped from Czech police during a search of his family’s luxury villa in June 2005. He went into hiding in the Seychelles but was later apprehended in South Africa while using a false passport. He was held in custody but has since been released on bail.