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Controversial British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrive at a Bucharest court of appeals, after their arrest by Romanian police over UK sex offence charges. Romanian authorities said in a statement that they executed "two European arrest warrants issued by the UK judicial authorities for the committing of sexual offences, of exploitation of persons on the territory of the UK". IMAGES
Controversial far-right social media personality Andrew Tate arrives at court in Bucharest with his brother Tristan to appeal their detention for alleged human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal group. The judge is expected to decide whether to keep the brothers in pre-trial detention or to release them. IMAGES
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