Saskatchewan Court Of Appeal: Romania

Valerica Cretu Dept: In a recent written decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal denied Valerica Cretu's application for interim release from custody while he makes a final attempt to avoid extradition to Romania, where he faces three years behind bars, according to Montreal Gazette. He appealed that sentence to a higher court, but on April 29, 2004, the higher court ordered him to serve a longer, non-custodial term and sASKATOON A Romanian refugee who moved to Saskatoon after he was convicted of negligent homicide the equivalent of manslaughter in Canada for a drunken hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian in his home country nearly a decade ago is now in custody and facing removal from Canada to begin serving time for his crime. Cretu had been drinking when he struck and killed a pedestrian in Romania on Oct. 6, 2002, then fled the scene. He was later apprehended, admitted wrongdoing and received a two-year non-custodial sentence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.