Former fighter pilot imprisoned in NSW on US extradition request unable to attend mother’s funeral


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Daniel Duggan, the Australian pilot fighting an extradition request from the US from prison, will not be able to attend his mother’s funeral, after she died in the US. Duggan’s 95-year-old mother, Anne, suffered a stroke earlier this week, and died overnight Wednesday in Boston. Duggan, currently held in segregation in Lithgow prison, was only able to speak to his mother once briefly after she fell ill, when a family member held a phone to her ear. “Dan is devastated that he is locked in solitary confinement in Lithgow prison and not with his family when his mother fell ill...