A convicted pedophile and former competitive ice skater, who used the sport to groom young girls, has agreed to return to Britain after he was arrested in Hong Kong on an extradition request.
Joseph Tsang, a fugitive from British police, who was convicted in August of two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault, was arrested by the territory’s police in September and has since been remanded in custody.
“He is consented to return to the United Kingdom for sentence,” Tsang’s counsel Oliver Davies said yesterday, a day after an appearance by the 31-year-old at a magistrates’ court.
Tsang, who looked relaxed during Monday’s hearing, is due to be back in court today to sign a “consent order,” clearing the way for his extradition.
“Within three months, he will be returned,” Davies said.
It comes after Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (梁振英) issued the “authority to proceed” for Tsang’s extradition, the South China Morning Post reported.
Tsang had previously indicated he would challenge the extradition request by the British government.
He was convicted in absentia by a British court in August after he broke free from his electronic tag and failed to show up for a court appearance, the South China Morning Post previously reported.
He was also found guilty of taking indecent pictures of children, inciting children under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity, and engaging in sexual activity with a minor.
Tsang had his British passport confiscated by British police and is suspected to have entered Hong Kong using a second passport.
British police had earlier told the South China Morning Post that Tsang, a former competitive ice skater, used the sport to groom young girls.
An extradition treaty between Hong Kong and Britain came into force in 2002.
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