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By Nathan Morley 08.JUL.08 The two British men who were passengers in a car whose driver deliberately ran over a teenager in Protaras will appeal against the European arrest warrant which will force them to return to Cyprus in a few weeks. Michael Binnington, 22, and Luke Atkinson, 23, from the south of England, were originally cleared of conspiracy to commit manslaughter, but were then handed a three-year jail sentence in absentia last April. Julian Harrington, the driver of a car, was jailed for 15 years last February after pleading guilty to charges of manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm. An Essex Labour Euro MP who has been supporting the campaign to overturn their conviction has welcomed the fact that the men voluntarily attended the police station in Central London yesterday and the formal hearing in the... [read full story]
