By Chris Pleasance PUBLISHED: 14:04 EST, 25 November 2013 | UPDATED: 04:42 EST, 26 November 2013 The wife of an Italian Mafia boss who spent 20 years hiding from authorities in London said on Monday that they came to Britain to escape their past. Domenico Rancadore, 64, was given bail yesterday until an extradition hearing in February, but will remain in jail because prosecutors launched an immediate appeal. His wife Anne Skinner, 64, told an extradition hearing that they had lived in the country undetected for 19 years. Hiding: Anne Skinner, right,  the wife of an Italian Mafia boss Domenico Rancadore, 64, left, spent 20 years hiding from authorities in London said on Monday that they came to Britain to escape their past
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Domenico Rancadore granted bail at Westminster Magistrates court
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He will remain behind bars as prosecutors launched appeal
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Sentenced to seven years in Italy in 1999 for Mafia association
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However he moved to Uxbridge in 1994 and never went back
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Father was infamous member of Sicilian Costa Nostra
The pair moved to the capital after two acquittals for Mafia activity in 1987, saying they wanted to 'get away' from their surname, infamous in @placeholder because Rancadore's father was a feared boss of the Sicilian Costa Nostra.