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Lawyers acting for Carlyle-Clarke, who has no criminal record, appealed last week to have the case heard by judges in the House of Lords. If that fails, American law enforcement agents could arrive in Britain by the end of February to carry out the extradition order.

Carlyle-Clarke believes his extradition could be part of the deal that led to the release of British detainees held in Guantanamo. The deportation was approved by the Home Office at the end of November 2003, 10 days after the controversial visit of President Bush to London, when the Guantanamo prisoners were discussed. During the visit, Tony Blair announced that the fate of the detainees would soon be resolved.

'This could be the last time I see my children'
Martin Bright reports on the aristocrat fighting extradition to America who says he is part of a secret deal with the US on the Guantanamo Bay detainees

Martin Bright
Sunday January 16, 2005

Observer

The fact that he can trace his family back to the Domesday Book does not appear to count for much when it comes to the wheels of American justice. Giles Carlyle-Clarke, a British aristocrat who can do just that, is facing deportation within days to the United States for drugs offences alleged to have taken place two decades ago.
Carlyle-Clarke, 47, a furniture importer and former racing yachtsman, will present a 2,000-name petition to the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, this week, to protest against his deportation to Alabama. If convicted he could face 25 years in a prison system described by Amnesty International as one of the harshest in the country. Twice divorced, Carlyle-Clarke will leave behind two young children: eight-year-old Max, for whom he is the sole carer, and Jessica, 12, who lives with her mother in Italy but spends her holidays in England.