http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/sep/18/renault-flavio-briatore-formula-one
Guardian.co.uk, 18 Sep 2009
Singapore unlikely to
extradite Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds
Renault's former managing
director Flavio Briatore and the team's former executive director
of engineering Pat Symonds could be extradited to Singapore to face
criminal charges in connection with the race-fixing claims during
last year's grand prix, but legal experts think it
unlikely.
Reports claimed the pair could face legal action in Singapore after
they were accused of asking Nelson Piquet Jr to crash in order to
help his team-mate Fernando Alonso win the race. A lawyer said any
extradition would depend on two points.
"One, are they based in countries with which Singapore has an
extradition treaty? And, two, is what they've done considered an
extraditable offence?" Nicholas Narayanan told Singapore Law
Watch.
Briatore is an Italian citizen while Symonds is a UK citizen.
Singapore has an extradition treaty with the UK but not
Italy.
The pair could be charged with three offences under Singapore law,
according to the lawyer: causing malicious or willful damage to
property, endangering a vehicle and criminal conspiracy to commit a
serious crime.
Singapore could request extradition from a Commonwealth country for
someone charged for offences which are deemed "extradition crimes".
However, it is unlikely that any charges Briatore and Symonds might
be asked to answer would be considered as such. Moreover,
the country would be loth
to attract the bad publicity any such move would
attract.
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