Love, 33, is facing a 99-year prison house judgement inward the U.S. for allegedly carrying out serial of cyber attacks against the FBI, States Army, States Missile Defence Agency, National Aeronautics together with Space Administration (NASA), together with New York's Federal Reserve Bank betwixt 2012 together with 2013.
The High Court ordered Love to live on extradited to the U.S. to stand upwards trial, although his lawyers appealed the decision, arguing that he should live on tried for his alleged crimes inward the UK.
The courtroom accepted both of the arguments advanced yesteryear Love's lawyers together with ruled that extradition would live on "oppressive" due to his serious wellness weather condition together with it would live on probable that he would live on kept inward lone confinement inward the American prison house organisation if extradited.
The courtroom flare-up inward applause together with cheering when the judgment was handed downward yesteryear Lord Burnett, who asked Love supporters to live on quiet, maxim "This is a court, non a theatre."
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which acts on behalf of the States authorities, said it would read the judgment earlier deciding whether to appeal the high courtroom determination to the supreme court.
According to States Prosecutors, Love was allegedly involved inward #OpLastResort, an online protestation linked alongside the Anonymous collective next the persecution together with untimely expiry of hacktivist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide inward 2013 piece nether federal charges for information theft.
Love, who lives most Newmarket, was arrested from his home inward Stradishall, England inward Oct 2013, when the British constabulary seized his encrypted laptops together with difficult drives.
Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) every bit good asked the courts to strength Love to turn over keys to decrypt his encrypted computer's difficult drives, precisely Love won the case against the means inward early on 2016.
If extradited to the U.S. together with constitute guilty, Love could induce got sentenced to upwards to 99 years inward prison house together with a potential fine of upwards to $9 1000000 (£6.3 million).
Speaking exterior the Royal Courts of Justice, Love expressed his cheers to the judges together with said: "I'm thankful for all the back upwards we've had, without which I'm non certain I would induce got made it this far."
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is every bit good fighting States extradition, congratulate Love inward a Tweet, saying: "VICTORY: @LauriLove wins Britain appeal against States extradition. Congratulations to Lauri, his lawyers & family, @CourageFound together with many supporters on an fantabulous campaign."
Right now, it is non clear if Love, who denies all wrongdoings, would facial expression upwards a prison house judgement inward the Britain next his 5 years of legal battle.
