Hickey’s return moves a step closer

Pat Hickey’s legal team has confirmed that the bond money required for the release of his passport has been received in Brazil in recent days.

Lawyer Simone Kamenetz yesterday confirmed that R$1.5m (Brazilian reals) arrived into the country in the past couple of days. Now, the legal team are waiting for the money to pass through banking compliance systems, so it may be lodged to the courts.

On Thursday it was reported that the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), of which Mr Hickey was vice president, will pay R$1.5m (around €410,000), as required by the Brazilian courts in order for Mr Hickey to get his passport back. ANOC said it had “agreed to temporarily loan the bail payment for Patrick Hickey to return home for medical reasons”.