Milton Keynes medic faces extradition in child sex case
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A doctor accused of raping a child is facing extradition to the US following a High Court ruling.
Tobias Bowen, who is from Liberia but lives in Milton Keynes, was charged in New York state with seven sex offences including two of child rape.
He left the US whilst on $10,000 (£6,361) bail in 2010 for Africa before arriving in the UK last year.
Dr Bowen, 48, denies the charges and had claimed his right to liberty would be breached if extradited.
His extradition was blocked in January by a district judge in London who ruled the medic's right to liberty under the European Convention on Human Rights "would be at risk" if he was convicted in the US.
Under New York state law convicted sexual offenders can be detained indefinitely on completion of their sentence, but only if they have a mental abnormality which makes it likely they would offend again.
The High Court upheld the appeal by the US government, ruling that New York state's system of dealing with dangerous and mentally disturbed sex offenders would be acceptable in Europe.
According the US government, Dr Bowen, who ran a public hospital in his native Liberia, fled New York state for Africa in September 2010.
The High Court heard US marshals tracked him around the globe and he was detained at Heathrow whilst visiting Britain in April 2014.