A judge has criticised Surrey police for spending £15,990 on a private jet to extradite TikTok influencer Harrison Sullivan, known as HSTikkyTokky, back to the UK. District Judge Julie Cooper, sitting at Staines Magistrates Court on Thursday, deemed the use of a chartered flight 'not necessary or proportionate'. Sullivan, 24, had avoided police custody for nearly 12 months after a car crash in Virginia Water, Surrey, in March 2024, before being detained in Spain last August.
The prosecution had applied for £18,049 to cover the flight and extradition costs, but Judge Cooper reduced the amount Sullivan must pay by £10,000, ordering him to pay £8,050.27 to Surrey police and £9,270 to the Crown Prosecution Service. The total costs incurred by the police and CPS amounted to £28,350.27. The judge stated she had been given 'no satisfactory explanation' for why a chartered flight was necessary.
Surrey police defended their decision, saying it was based on a risk assessment by the National Crime Agency's national extradition unit, after other options were deemed not viable. The force added that Sullivan's extradition was 'imperative for the safety of Surrey's roads', citing his dangerous driving at 70mph in a 40mph zone. Sullivan later pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving without insurance, receiving a one-year suspended sentence, a two-year driving ban, and 300 hours of unpaid work.
Defence solicitor Shalin Sood argued that Sullivan was 'completely calm and compliant' while in custody and noted that his location could have been easily tracked as he 'livestreams every day'. The influencer is reportedly set to appear in a Louis Theroux documentary for Netflix exploring online misogyny.
