Watch Out Tito: Lee Murray Freed by Moroccan Court
by Kid Nate on Jun 24, 2009 8:56 PM EDT
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From ESPN:
Lee Murray, the MMA star accused of masterminding the biggest cash robbery in history, has been released from a Moroccan prison cell to freedom, his lawyers in Morocco and London said Wednesday.
The surprise move came after a hearing before the Moroccan Supreme Court in which a panel of judges upheld Murray's claim that he is a citizen of the North African nation. British prosecutors were trying to extradite the fighter on charges that he masterminded the Feb. 22, 2006 robbery of a cash warehouse on the outskirts of London, making off with a record $92 million in cash.
Abdellah Benlamhidi, Murray's Moroccan-based attorney, told ESPN that his assistant visited the maximum security Sale prison in Morocco's capital city of Rabat on Wednesday afternoon and was told Murray was gone.
"Lee was freed," he wrote in an e-mail.
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So this is the mind-blowing middleweight Dana was talking about? Shit, UFC has some pull.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on Jun 24, 2009 8:36 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
not soon enough
from the forest itself comes the handle for the axe
by troy145 on Jun 24, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn’t he just caught with a laptop and a shit load of drugs?
" Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated "
- Hemingway
by Hellsing on Jun 24, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
When you are Lee Murray
it doesn’t matter.
by Riney on Jun 24, 2009 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
REMATCH!!!!
Dana, give “lightning” lee his long awaited rematch with Anderson Silva!!!!!
by espino on Jun 24, 2009 8:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If this guys going to fight again it’s going to have to be in a Casablanca crack house. No way he’s getting a work permit anywhere
" Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated "
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by Hellsing on Jun 24, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
UFC 110 Morroco
Ring girls in thongs, Lee could bank roll the after party, this is win win win. It is amazing knowing he has $30,000,000 (had to type it out) in CASH.
Lee will fuck up and try to leave the country, when he does he will be grabbed and shipped to the UK.
by Riney on Jun 24, 2009 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
technicalities like this
Is why dexter kills.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 24, 2009 9:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
To be fair
Dexter kills murderers…. so to say that – iss a little harsh.
To say government/law is ridiculous on the other hand – you couldn’t be more right.
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by achengy on Jun 24, 2009 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah I was talking about the technicalities that lead people out of jail..
Not the actual deeds he did.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 25, 2009 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the calls of “free lee murray” have finally been answered…
this is great news…
justice has finally been served…
by Reaser16 on Jun 24, 2009 9:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Being told he was “Gone” means they murdered him. No way he got released, he just attempted an escape about 3 weeks ago. Who honestly thinks he was released? His Lawyer didn’t even know it was happening.
by skin052 on Jun 24, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Easily the new front runner for best post of the year
by Flyghtt on Jun 24, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope so bad he starts fighting again. It would make him look innocent because why would he fight if he has 30 mil stashed somewhere
by Flyghtt on Jun 24, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
“So you see Mr. Bond, my cobra has become the mongoose… Or my mongoose has become the cobra… I don’t know animals”
5kg of coke and a laptop can make for one hell of a weekend.
Keep firing Assholes!
Out out, you demons of stupidity!
by Ubernoober on Jun 24, 2009 10:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ummm…. how come they look like 2 guys leaving a posh italian night club instead of 2 inmates leaving prison?
by yin hsiung on Jun 25, 2009 12:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes Lee Murray is freed
to bad he wont be fightin mma in the US anytime soon
by ThaSandman on Jun 25, 2009 12:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There are a bunch of threads on the UG about him right now and they have some epic stories. Apparently while he was on the run, he would actually post on the message board. I mean, you just can’t make that kind of stuff up. He’s MMA’s version of John Dillinger.
by Zack Gobie on Jun 25, 2009 1:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he was posting from in jail too
commenting on youtube videos of his fights and I have reason to believe reading the posts on BE about himself.
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by Kid Nate on Jun 26, 2009 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nobody epic enough to get away with $92,000,000 in cash deserves to be in jail…
by EnsignFrog on Jun 25, 2009 3:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If anyone hasnt seen it, this is the famous Lee Murray streetfighting thread on Sherdog
by StevenGiles on Jun 25, 2009 6:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m interested to see what happens in this case.
Does he have to stay in Morocco then? If he leaves the country, any country that is on friendly terms with the U.K. could snatch his ass up and send him to the U.K.
Honestly, that kind of sucks. I wouldn’t want to be stuck in fucking Morocco.
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by Leland Roling on Jun 25, 2009 10:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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![Lee Murray's freedom was short-lived. The ex-UFC fighter who is one of the most wanted men in the UK for allegedly masterminding a $92 million cash depot heist in Tonbridge, has been re-arrested in Morocco following the hearing that refused his extradition.
"Lee was indeed rearrested right away, because the British Authorities did put [in] a formal request to the Moroccan Authorities to have him tried in Morocco for the alleged robbery," his attorney Abdellah Benlamhidi told FanHouse via email.
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