£53M SUSPECT FACES KO

ABOVE: A decision on whether to try £53million Securitas raid suspect Lee Murray could be made within days.

A decision on whether to try £53million Securitas raid suspect Lee Murray could be made within days.

A Moroccan judge is about to jet into the UK to examine evidence against him.

He will meet British authorities to decide if there is a strong enough case to put the cagefighter in court in the North African country.

London-born Murray, who was 32 last week, is accused of fleeing to Morocco with £33million from Britain’s biggest ever cash robbery in Tonbridge, Kent, in February 2006.

Alleged mastermind Murray was held in Morocco’s capital Rabat and is sharing a cell with 18 men after six months in solitary.

His Moroccan lawyer Abdellah Benlamhidi last night told the Daily Star Sunday: “We have not seen any documents, no proof, nothing. We do not even know if they have any witnesses.

“I would remind people Lee is ­innocent until proven guilty.

“Once the judge returns to Morocco, probably in early December, we will know if they have any evidence to proceed with a case against him.” Murray was arrested in 2006 after Britain put in a request for the former champion to stand trial.

He was freed in June this year but was re-arrested.

His lawyer added: “It is unfair Lee has been painted as a monster. He has not been found guilty of any crime.

“It is only because the British made a formal request for him to stand trial that he was re-arrested.

“Otherwise he would be free but would have to stay in Morocco.

“If there is a trial the British ­authorities will have to accept the outcome – whether he is innocent or guilty.

“Whatever happens, at some point he will be free to go back to England.”

Two weeks ago Murray’s mum ­Barbara claimed her son would have bought himself out of jail if he had the cash.

The 60-year-old, from Erith, Kent, said: “If he did have £33million he’d have paid off the judges and bought himself out of there. Everything in Morocco works with bribes.”

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