Without locking him up there is no way to really stop someone from leaving.
We could have asked the court to seize his passport, but the judge surprised us with a ruling from the bench. He was gone from the country a bit to fast to react. There is no guarantee we would have been granted the passport seizure, but I think there would have been reasonable odds of it.
and not that seizing his passport would have made it impossible to run, but it would have made it harder. Oh well.
Seizing a passport from somebody like CSW might not be that simple anyway. I'd say he has Australian and UK passports at least, possibly Antiguan thru Calvin Ayre, and I think his wife is Singaporean?, so he could possibly have one of these as well. He's probably been preparing for this eventuality for a while. If he appeals would he be required to actually appear at court? I think in the last case he only appeared on days when he was being sworn in or giving evidence.