Andrew Tate has already been tried and sentenced in the court of public opinion. The actual courts are still waiting their turn. Right now he sits in a Florida jail cell while British prosecutors demand his extradition on a growing list of serious charges. The media will feast on the spectacle. Commentators will rush to declare him either a martyr or a monster. Both reactions miss the only point that actually matters.

Lee Murray has spent twenty years in a Moroccan prison. Limited access to family. Deteriorating health that now requires proper medical assessment and care. For any human being, that is an extraordinary price.

The UK Government’s role in the foreign prosecution of British citizen Lee Murray is a warning that the case sets a dangerous precedent for the outsourcing of British justice