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Bail Error Frees Convicted Sex Offender, Flees to Bosnia

6/10/2026

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An error listed Bernadin Dedic as granted bail, causing his release from HMP Wormwood Scrubs on February 6.
He took the Eurostar to Bosnia with his passport and did not return for sentencing.
Dedic was convicted in absentia of nine sexual offences in London and remains in Bosnia.
Judge Hannah Duncan dismissed Dedic’s heart-attack claim as tests showed a rate.
The trial in his absence delivered guilty verdicts on nine counts.

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An error listed Bernadin Dedic as granted bail, causing his release from HMP Wormwood Scrubs on February 6.
He took the Eurostar to Bosnia with his passport and did not return for sentencing.
Dedic was convicted in absentia of nine sexual offences in London and remains in Bosnia.
Judge Hannah Duncan dismissed Dedic’s heart-attack claim as tests showed a rate.
The trial in his absence delivered guilty verdicts on nine counts.