A judge has ruled that Surrey police's decision to spend £15,990 on a private jet to extradite TikTok influencer Harrison Sullivan, known as HSTikkyTokky, back to the UK was 'not necessary or proportionate'. The 24-year-old had avoided police custody for nearly 12 months after a car crash in Virginia Water, Surrey, in March 2024.
Sullivan was eventually detained in Spain last August on unrelated matters. Surrey police funded the chartered flight from Málaga airport to bring him back to the UK. The force defended the cost, citing a risk assessment by the National Crime Agency's extradition unit, but the details were not disclosed in court.
District Judge Julie Cooper at Staines Magistrates' Court reduced the police's cost claim by £10,000, ordering Sullivan to pay £8,050.27 to Surrey police and £9,270 to the Crown Prosecution Service. The total costs of the extradition were £28,350.27, but the judge deemed the private jet unjustified.
Sullivan's defence solicitor, Shalin Sood, noted that Sullivan was 'surprised by the private jet' and had been 'completely calm and compliant' while in custody. She added that locating Sullivan was not difficult as he 'livestreams every day'.
Sullivan pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving without insurance and received a one-year suspended custodial sentence in November. He was also disqualified from driving for two years, fitted with an electronic tag for three months, and ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work and 30 days of rehabilitation.
The influencer is reportedly set to appear in a Louis Theroux documentary for Netflix exploring online misogyny. In a viral clip, Theroux quoted Sullivan's remarks about being called racist, misogynist, homophobic, and a scammer, to which Sullivan responded, 'That's my way of saying I don't care.'
