CANNABIS seed seller Gypsy Nirvana hailed “British justice” yesterday after winning the latest round of his five-year battle against extradition to the US.

Mr Nirvana, who was formerly a roadie for the Clash, faced four charges of producing and distributing, importing and exporting cannabis seeds and money laundering in the US state of Maine.

A district judge at Westminster magistrates’ court dismissed a previous attempt to extradite Mr Nirvana last August as the possession and sale of cannabis seeds is not illegal under British law.

The US authorities appealed, but Lord Justice Leggatt agreed that the offences alleged would have been lawful had they occurred in Britain and therefore did not engage the “dual criminality” rule.

Speaking after his victory, Mr Nirvana, who estimated the ordeal had cost him £1 million in lost earnings, said: “It’s been a five-year odyssey. It’s been a war of legal attrition … I’m a very happy bunny.”

He added: “From a potential death penalty to freedom because of British justice — yes!”

The US has 14 days to decide whether to take the decision to the Supreme Court.