Court Backs Pinochet's Immunity  London Judges Rule Former
Chilean Dictator Not Subject To Arrest  October 29, 1998|By Ray
Moseley, Tribune Foreign Correspondent. Tribune South America
correspondent Laurie Goering contributed to this report.  LONDON
— Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet won the first
round in his battle to be freed from detention in Britain on
Wednesday when a court ruled he was immune from arrest. But he
will continue to be held pending an appeal.  The Crown
Prosecution Service said it would appeal the ruling to the House
of Lords, the upper chamber of Parliament, which acts as
Britain's supreme court. Officials of the Lords indicated the
appeal probably would be heard and decided as early as next
week.  Pinochet's lawyers said they would seek the retired
general's release on bail in a hearing before a London
magistrate in the next day or so.  Pinochet, 82, undergoing
treatment for illness in a London clinic, was arrested Oct. 16
at the request of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, who