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McAliskey bailed over extradition | |
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The daughter of a former MP has been released on bail pending an extradition hearing over an IRA bomb attack on a British army base in Germany. | |
Roisin McAliskey, 35, was detained in Coalisland, County Tyrone, on a European arrest warrant. | Roisin McAliskey, 35, was detained in Coalisland, County Tyrone, on a European arrest warrant. |
German authorities want to charge her over an IRA mortar bomb attack on an Army barracks at Osnabruck in 1996. | German authorities want to charge her over an IRA mortar bomb attack on an Army barracks at Osnabruck in 1996. |
Ms McAliskey, the daughter of former Mid-Ulster MP Bernadette McAliskey, faced a similar action in 1998. | Ms McAliskey, the daughter of former Mid-Ulster MP Bernadette McAliskey, faced a similar action in 1998. |
On Monday, Belfast Recorders Court was told that the German authorities issued a warrant for her arrest in October last year. | |
Ms McAliskey will appear in court again next month to face an extradition hearing and was released on bail of £2,500. | |
In 1998, the then Home Secretary, Jack Straw, decided at that time that she was too ill to be extradited. | |
She was pregnant at the time and was held in a special unit in Holloway prison. | She was pregnant at the time and was held in a special unit in Holloway prison. |
At the time, the German attorney general said Ms McAliskey was still regarded as a suspect and called on the British government to take over the prosecution. | At the time, the German attorney general said Ms McAliskey was still regarded as a suspect and called on the British government to take over the prosecution. |
But two years later, the Crown Prosecution Service said there was not enough evidence for her to face trial in the United Kingdom. | |
Police officers, including detectives from the Extradition and International Mutual Assistance Unit, were involved in the operation to arrest her on Monday. | |