No Compensation for Zentai
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Charles Zentai, the 89-yr-old Perth man wanted by the Hungarian
authorities over the assault and murder of a Jewish teenager
in Budapest in 1944 will not claim compensation for wrongful
imprisonment.
IZentai appeared yet again in Perth’s Federal Court over bail conditions and
legal costs. The extradition
decision against him was overturned
in Federal Court on July 2
after Justice McKerracher took
into consideration Zentai’s
age, ill health and the sentence
he may have to face in Hungary.
The legal team representing Zenta in court yesterday made submissions regarding
Zentai’s bail status and legal
costs.
No
final decision has yet been
made by the Federal Government
as to whether they will challenge
the overturning of the extradition
order. Zentai was wanted by
the Hungarian over the brutal
death of 18-yr-old Peter Balazs
in Budapest in 1944. The teenager
was dragged from a tram and
forcibly taken to an army barracks
where he was beaten to death
in front of other prisoners
by three Hungarian soldiers.
His body was dumped in the
Danube.
Meanwhile,
from Jerusalem the Simon Wiesenthal
Institute director Dr Efraim
Zuroff told J-Wire: “I very
much hope that the Australian
government will, on behalf
of Hungary, appeal the outrageous
decision to accept Zentai’s
appeal against his extradition
to Hungary so that he can finally
be held accountable. Under
these circumstances, there
is no reason to change his
bail conditions, since the
matter will be finally clarified
within three weeks.”
jwire.com.au
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