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Convicted killer McArdle refused bail ahead of extradition hearing
Summary
Barry McArdle, 34, of Drimnagh, was arrested in Galway on 1 July under a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) after a High Court decision earlier that year found a previous EAW invalid. McArdle had been sentenced in absentia by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal to 12 years and three months imprisonment for manslaughter in the death of Keith Ennis, 29, in 2017. He had previously served a two‑year sentence for disposing of Ennis's body and was acquitted of the stabbing in Rotterdam in 2009, though that acquittal was later overturned. At the bail hearing, Garda Detective Eoin Kane presented evidence that McArdle had 19 prior convictions, including possession of €1 million of diamorphine, and had previously failed to attend bail and court appointments. Mr Justice Paul Burns found McArdle a flight risk, rejected his bail application, and remanded him in custody until the full extradition hearing on 20 July.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Convicted killer McArdle refused bail ahead of extradition hearing. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- July 1 Incident
- May 17, 2018 Incident
- January 30 Other
- July 20 Adjournment
- 2020-07-07 Publication
Why: He cannot lift anything heavier than a kettle and is more grounded because of his health difficulties, he said. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Outcome: McArdle was originally sentenced to two years imprisonment for disposing of the body of Dublin man Keith Ennis (29), following a trial in the Netherlands, in 2017. As McArdle had effectively served all of that sentence while on remand at various times, he was immediately released and returned to Ireland.; Rejecting McArdle's bail application, Mr Justice Burns remanded McArdle in custody to July 20, when the full hearing of his extradition to the Netherlands will take place.
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