71-year-old woman ordered surrendered on rape charges

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A 71-year-old woman was ordered surrendered to the UK on rape charges by the High Court on 20 July 2017. She faces allegations of indecently assaulting her daughter and jointly raping her with her then husband in West Sussex and Devon during the late 1970s.

Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly rejected medical objections, saying the public interest in prosecution and Ireland’s international obligations required surrender. The judge postponed surrender on humanitarian grounds, saying the woman needed time to gather medical records for transmission to the UK, attend a doctor’s appointment in September and make enquiries about bail in the UK.

The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was remanded on continuing bail to return to the High Court on 2 October 2017. The allegations had first been reported in 2013, according to the report.