Andrew and Tristan Tate’s bid to bring a legal challenge against the Crown Prosecution Service after it did not disclose the names of their alleged victims in UK criminal proceedings has been thrown out by a UK high court judge.
The pair are facing legal proceedings in Romania, where they currently live, but will be extradited to the UK upon their conclusion to face a combined 21 charges, including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking.
Andrew, 39, and Tristan, 37, have strongly denied wrongdoing.
On Tuesday, lawyers for the pair told the High Court that the CPS had acted unlawfully by refusing to tell them the names of their alleged victims until they returned to the UK, which they claimed breached the brothers’ right to a fair trial.
But barristers for the CPS said the claim should be thrown out, telling the hearing in London that the “time-limited” decision to withhold the names was made due to fears that the Tates could identify the alleged victims online.
On Friday, Judge Chamberlain dismissed the challenge, finding it was not “arguable”.
Reading a summary of his ruling, the judge said: “The decision taken in this case was coherent and rational.”