Photo: Getty ImagesA California prosecutor says the United States government will seek to extradite a former Christchurch man charged with child sex trafficking and sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, if he is found to be in the country. Foster did say extradition would be sought if he was found to be in the country. A parallel civil case has seen Pratt and Wolfe ordered to pay $19 million in damages to 22 women. "The tentative ruling does not affect the criminal case. "The findings of fact in the civil case do not carry over to the criminal case where the government will have to prove the facts under a much more stringent standard," the defence lawyers said in a statement. "

Source: Otago Daily Times January 08, 2020 21:00 UTC