No challenge to order stopping teacher extradition
Rebecca Richardson will not be extradited from the UK
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A British teacher accused of sexually assaulting a child in Turkey will not be extradited from the UK after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court ruling.
Rebecca Richardson, 54, from Cradley in Herefordshire, was discharged from the extradition request at Westminster Magistrates' Court last month.
At the hearing, Judge Paul Goldspring granted the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) two weeks to appeal the decision in the High Court.
But at a brief hearing held on Tuesday, the CPS confirmed it would not pursue an appeal.
Turkish authorities had sought her return over allegations she assaulted a young child while teaching at an international school in Istanbul in early 2019.
The court previously heard that Richardson left the UK in 2000 and spent nearly 20 years living abroad.
She lived in Turkey between 2013 and 2019, but before that had lived in Mexico and Hong Kong, the extradition hearing was told.
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- Published25 June
