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Airport attack suspect to be extradited to Spain | Airport attack suspect to be extradited to Spain |
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An alleged member of Basque separatist group Eta can be extradited to Spain over claims he plotted to target an airport with grenades, a UK judge says. | An alleged member of Basque separatist group Eta can be extradited to Spain over claims he plotted to target an airport with grenades, a UK judge says. |
Eneko Gogeaskoetxea Arronategui, who was arrested last July while living in Cambridge, faces eight arrest warrants alleging a series of offences in Spain. | |
But a judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court discharged the 44-year-old from a charge of plotting to kill Spanish King Juan Carlos II in Bilbao in 1997. | But a judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court discharged the 44-year-old from a charge of plotting to kill Spanish King Juan Carlos II in Bilbao in 1997. |
His lawyer says he plans to appeal. | His lawyer says he plans to appeal. |
The arrest warrants include a series of charges, such as placing grenade launchers aimed at Madrid Barajas Airport and a police station in Spain. | The arrest warrants include a series of charges, such as placing grenade launchers aimed at Madrid Barajas Airport and a police station in Spain. |
The court heard the suspect was alleged to have become a member of Eta in 1996 and then to have become part of a plan to kill the king of Spain, who was due to attend the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao on 18 October 1997. | The court heard the suspect was alleged to have become a member of Eta in 1996 and then to have become part of a plan to kill the king of Spain, who was due to attend the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao on 18 October 1997. |
Unsustainable charge | Unsustainable charge |
Deputy Senior District Judge Daphne Wickham accepted a defence submission that the assassination charge was unsustainable in Spanish law. | |
The judge also discharged the Spanish national from another allegation of organised and armed robbery. | The judge also discharged the Spanish national from another allegation of organised and armed robbery. |
She told the court: "Save for two parts of the Extradition Warrant Three, I am satisfied that all these warrants are valid. | She told the court: "Save for two parts of the Extradition Warrant Three, I am satisfied that all these warrants are valid. |
"There are no bars to this defendant's extradition." | "There are no bars to this defendant's extradition." |
The court was told the alleged offences detailed his activities up to five days before the king's scheduled visit. | The court was told the alleged offences detailed his activities up to five days before the king's scheduled visit. |
Mr Gogeaskoetxea and others were stopped by police while filling garden window boxes with explosives, the court heard at an earlier hearing. | Mr Gogeaskoetxea and others were stopped by police while filling garden window boxes with explosives, the court heard at an earlier hearing. |
During the course of their getaway, a police officer, Jose Maria Aguirre Larraona, was shot and killed, Julian Knowles QC, for the Spanish authorities, told the court. | During the course of their getaway, a police officer, Jose Maria Aguirre Larraona, was shot and killed, Julian Knowles QC, for the Spanish authorities, told the court. |
Mr Gogeaskoetxea, a computer programme designer, was arrested after the Spanish interior ministry said police were tipped off when a Spanish national recognised him at a sports club in Cambridge. | Mr Gogeaskoetxea, a computer programme designer, was arrested after the Spanish interior ministry said police were tipped off when a Spanish national recognised him at a sports club in Cambridge. |
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