Lawyers for alleged nazi war criminal Charles Zentai was tonight given a month to provide medical documents declaring that he should not be jailed while waiting for a final decision on his extradition to Hungary on charges of murdering a Jewish teenager in Budapest in 1944.

Last week a Federal Court judge dismissed yesterday the 87-year-old’s appeal against an earlier decision that allowed his possible extradition to proceed.

Mr Zentai challenged the ruling of Magistrate Barbara Lane in August that he could be subject to a Federal Government decision on his extradition.

Justice John Gilmour upheld Ms Lane’s decision, saying that Mr Zentai was a person eligible for surrender in relation to the extradition offence and found the charge against him was for a war crime.

After last week giving Mr Zentai seven days to prove his ill health, Justice Gilmour tonight extended the period in order for the elderly man to finalise medical tests.

He will reappear in the Federal Court on May 11.

thewest.com.au