"Britain holds alleged ex-Mafia boss; ‘The professor’ on lam for years" by Alan Cowell | New York Times, August 10, 2013
LONDON — To the Italian police, he was Domenico Rancadore, or “the professor,” a Mafia boss on the lam as a dangerous fugitive for almost two decades, a onetime enforcer for the Sicilian La Cosa Nostra.
To those who lived near him on a leafy street in a bland West London suburb, he was Marc Skinner, a father of two, a former teacher and a good neighbor who spent contented hours buffing the paint jobs on his fancy cars.
But this week, his double life began unraveling. A British judge denied him bail Friday, two days after his arrest on an international warrant seeking his extradition to Italy to serve a seven-year sentence for extortion and other crimes.
Right until the brief court hearing Friday, there had been speculation that he would be freed because of technical flaws in the warrant. At a separate hearing the day before, Judge Quentin Purdy of Westminster Magistrates’ Court said, “There are concerns about the validity of the warrant that has come before the court.”
But Friday, while Rancadore, 64, was still in a police holding cell, a new warrant was issued. At the court hearing later, Purdy denied his bail request, meaning that Rancadore will remain in custody while he awaits extradition proceedings.
“It seems to be very clear on the information before me that you have actively evaded apprehension for a significant period of time,” Purdy told him.
A daughter, Daniela, blew him a kiss as he was led back to his cell, according to reporters who were in the courtroom.
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