00:00Forty-eight-year-old Bernadine Dedic was mistakenly set free from HMP Wormwood Scrubs in February after a court official
00:12wrongly told the prison that he had been granted bail.
00:16Within hours, Dedic had left the UK on the Eurostar and returned to his native country of Bosnia.
00:24The defendant put forward a litany of excuses for not coming back to face justice, including claims of a heart
00:32attack and a skiing accident.
00:34He remained in Bosnia as the trial went ahead this month, as Isleworth crowned court.
00:40Dedic, a businessman living in Ealing, was remanded in custody last year after being charged with four charges of rape,
00:48two counts of sexual assault by penetration, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, threatening a person
00:57with a knife when in a private place and making a threat to kill.
01:01On Tuesday, a jury convicted Dedic of all nine counts in his absence.
01:07He cut off the victim's clothes before subjecting her to a series of rapes and sexual assaults in an ordeal
01:13which lasted for several hours.
01:15If he fails to return for the sentencing hearing, the UK authorities are expected to commence extradition proceedings so that
01:24he can be bought to serve the inevitable lengthy jail term.
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