David Marchant was scornful of Dr Ramsahoye's explanation and questioned how hard it is find Mr Resteiner, especially as he's in an American jail and he (Marchant) gave the commissioner the phone number for Mr Resteiner's lawyer.

"Eric Resteiner is not difficult to find because he's incarcerated", said Mr Marchant, "he's not going anywhere because he's not allowed to".

"He probably gets up at six in the morning to eat his porridge, and then he's locked in his cell for 20 hours a day".