TikTok influencer HSTikkyTokky has been spared paying for a £16,000 private jet used to bring him back to the UK, after a judge ruled the extradition flight was not necessary or proportionate.
Harrison Sullivan, 24, known online as HSTikkyTokky, was repatriated to the UK last summer after avoiding police custody for almost a year following a dangerous driving crash in Virginia Water, Surrey, in March 2024. He was eventually detained in Spain in August 2025, prompting Surrey Police to charter a private flight from Malaga to return him to face charges.
At a hearing at Staines Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, district judge Julie Cooper rejected part of the prosecution’s costs application, ruling that the use of a private jet could not be justified based on the evidence presented.
HSTikkyTokky to pay £17,000, not including private jet
Surrey Police and the Crown Prosecution Service applied for a total of £28,350.27 to cover extradition and prosecution costs, including £15,990 for the chartered flight. However, Cooper reduced the total amount Sullivan must pay to £17,320.27, cutting £10,000 from the police costs after concluding the flight was “not necessary or proportionate.”
“In my view, it is not just or reasonable for him to pay a chartered flight when I have been given no satisfactory explanation for why that should be,” Cooper told the court, noting that details of the risk assessment used to justify the flight were not disclosed.
Surrey Police defended the decision in a statement, saying the private charter was chosen following a risk assessment conducted by the National Crime Agency’s extradition unit after other options were deemed unviable. The force added that Sullivan’s return to the UK was “imperative for the safety of Surrey’s roads,” citing the severity of his driving offences.
Sullivan was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence in November after pleading guilty. He was also banned from driving for two years, fitted with an electronic tag for three months, ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work, and required to attend 30 days of rehabilitation.
During the hearing, Sullivan’s defence said he was “surprised by the private jet” and had been calm and compliant while in custody. His legal team also argued that locating him had not been difficult, pointing out that he livestreamed frequently while abroad.
According to reports from the hearing, Sullivan has since claimed he would struggle to repay the remaining £17,320.27 within a year, after police unsuccessfully attempted to reclaim the full costs of his extradition.
