The Court of Appeal in Dubai recognized the legal admissibility of the extradition of Sebastian M. to Poland. He is suspected of committing a fatal accident in mid-September 2023 on the A1 highway – said the Minister of Justice, Attorney General Adam Bodnar on Friday evening. .
“I received very good news from the United Arab Emirates,” Bodnar wrote on social media. He noted that on January 9, the Dubai court made a decision on the possible extradition of Sebastian M., who was wanted by Poland and left the country after a tragic accident in which the whole family died.
“The court’s decision is not final, the parties have the right to file an appeal within 30 days. Then the case will be considered by the court of second instance, which is the Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates,” added Bodnar. this sentence is “a significant advance in the effort to bring the suspect to Poland.
He added that “this is not the end of the matter” while thanking the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski and his ministry, the National Prosecutor’s Office and “all the officials, diplomats and prosecutors who are working on this case”.
“To be continued…” he concluded.
Tragic accident on the A1 highway near Piotrkov Tribunalski KP PSP in Piotrkov Tribunalski
Tragic accident on A1
Sebastian M. is suspected in one of the most tragic road stories in recent years in Poland. On September 16, 2023, a high-speed BMW collided with a Kia with a family of three returning home from the sea, a married couple and their five-year-old son, on the A1 highway near Piotrkow Tribunalski. Their car caught fire and everyone died.
Immediately after the accident, firefighters reported that “two passenger cars collided.” On September 18, the Piotrkovka police issued a statement saying that “for unknown reasons, the driver of the Kia crashed into energy barriers, then the car caught fire.” There is no information that the BMW was also involved in the accident.
On September 24, another statement from the Piotrkov police stated that “a Kia and a BMW were involved in the accident.” “The police found a number of traces and interviewed witnesses. We also obtained a number of camera recordings, which we hope will help explain the cause of this massive tragedy. The subject of this investigation is also to clarify whether the behavior of this let’s specify the huge tragedy. The BMW driver directly affected the occurrence of the incident in question.” – then they told the uniformed officers.
Prosecutor’s Office of Piotrkov Tribunalskyi district issued a sentence of arrest of the BMW driver for committing a fatal accident, which is punishable by up to 8 years in prison, and the image of Sebastian M. The representative of the family submitted an application to change the level of the crime to murder with possible intent, which is punishable by a higher penalty.
But Sebastian M. managed to leave Poland and eventually went to Dubai, where he remains to this day.
Main photo source: KP PSP in Piotrkow Tribunalski
