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Dear HillaryPM Brown, in a one-on-one meeting with the ambassador, proposed a deal: that McKinnon plead guilty, make a statement of contrition, but serve any sentence of incarceration in the UK.

By The Newsroom

Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT

Brown cited deep public concern that McKinnon, with his medical condition, would commit suicide or suffer injury if imprisoned in a US facility.

Louis

Dear Hillary

McKinnon has gained enormous popular sympathy in his appeal against extradition; the UK's final decision is pending." he wrote.

The case has also caused public criticism of the US-UK extradition treaty.

Louis