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High Court grants Zentai leave for appeal

From the ABC:

High Court says accused Nazi war criminal can appeal against extradition
September 3, 2007

A Perth man accused of committing war crimes during the World War 11 has been granted leave to appeal to the High Court against his extradition to Hungary.

Hungarian authorities want to extradite Charles Zentai for allegedly murdering a Jewish teenager in 1944, when he was in the Hungarian army.

The Federal Court in Perth previously dismissed the 84-year-old’s appeal.

The High Court in Canberra this morning granted Mr Zentai special leave for an appeal to be heard.

Mr Zentai’s son Ernie Stenier says he and his father are relieved by the decision.

Mr Stenier says his father’s health is deteriorating, so it is likely he will stay in Perth when the appeal is heard.

“The appeal in the High Court as far as we know is the final level of appeal or we have to ultimately make an appeal to the Minister for Justice,” he said.

News brief · 3 September 2007

Racial tension goes off in Cronulla

From the Sunday Tele:

Racial tensions erupt in Cronulla
September 03, 2007

RACIAL tension erupted in Cronulla again last night during a violent clash between two groups of men.

A brawl at Cronulla railway station shortly after 7pm between the groups resulted in three men being taken to Sutherland Hospital with serious stab wounds.

Two of the victims were stabbed in the neck during the incident and one man received a stab wound under his left eye.

Police swooped on the station - the scene of the Cronulla race riots in December 2005 - and quickly sealed off the area.

It is believed the incident happened after three Caucasian men allegedly assaulted a man of Pacific Island appearance on the station platform, kicking him in the head.

The bashed man left the scene and returned a short time later with several of his friends and a brawl erupted.

During the brawl, the three men involved in the earlier attack at the station were stabbed.

In a separate incident, a man was in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed in the neck at Greenacre.

News brief · 3 September 2007
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