27/01/2012
DPP To Decide Whether Garland Should Be Prosecuted
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has been asked to examine whether veteran republican Seán Garland was involved in a money plot.
The US Secret Service had accused the former Worker Party president of conspiring to circulate high-grade counterfeit dollar bills throughout the 1990's on behalf of North Korea.
The High Court refused an extradition request.
Mr Justice John Edwards decided that the offence for which the US wanted to extradite him is regarded as having being committed in Ireland, there for the court is prohibited from extraditing Mr Garland.
The DPP will now decide whether to prosecute.
Mr Garland has always protested his innocence.
(CD/GK)
The US Secret Service had accused the former Worker Party president of conspiring to circulate high-grade counterfeit dollar bills throughout the 1990's on behalf of North Korea.
The High Court refused an extradition request.
Mr Justice John Edwards decided that the offence for which the US wanted to extradite him is regarded as having being committed in Ireland, there for the court is prohibited from extraditing Mr Garland.
The DPP will now decide whether to prosecute.
Mr Garland has always protested his innocence.
(CD/GK)
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