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A British man's appeal to retrieve 8,000 bitcoins from a landfill has been rejected again, saying he will seek final relief through an international bill of human rights

An appeal by James Howells, who tried to retrieve 8,000 bitcoin private key hard drives from a UK landfill, was again rejected, saying he would seek final relief through the International Bill of Human Rights. "The Royal Court of Appeal rejected my request. The British system of injustice is working again," said the early bitcoin holder, announcing that the next step would be to file a complaint with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The British judge found that the case had "no realistic prospect of success" and "no other compelling reasons" to support a hearing. Howells will argue in ECHR that the British courts violated his property rights and fair trial rights, saying "the British authorities want to cover it up, but I won't let them." It is worth noting that the 8,000 bitcoins, worth about $660 million at current prices, were accidentally dumped in a landfill in 2013 by significant others.