The Award for Media Misrepresentation of the Week

goes to the UK's Independent Television News.

Reporting on the arrest (in Latvia) of Latvian car wash attendant Viktors Dembovskis on suspicion of the rape and murder of London schoolgirl Jeshma Raithatha, ITN reported that,

"As Latvia joined the EU in May last year, extradition procedures are likely to be fast-tracked.": utterly failing to mention that Latvia's admission to the EU last year also gave Dembovskis an automatic right of residence in the UK. If Latvia had not joined the EU, then Dembovskis would have had no such right and probably wouldn't have been living here.

One hopes that Jeshma's family draws some succour from the fact his extradition is likely to be fast-tracked.