Suspected people smuggler ‘at risk of self harm’ if extradited

A Palestinian asylum seeker accused of running a human trafficking gang claims a ‘forced’ BBC interview was more traumatic than his battle to avoid a 20 year prison sentence in Greece. Jamal Owda, 27, was interviewed for a BBC programme involving people smuggling ‘against his wishes’ while he was undergoing treatment for ‘complex psychological trauma’ in HMP Wandsworth, it is said. Owda, who has a history of self-harm and is said to be ‘very vulnerable’, told a psychiatrist he was…

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