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Bench warrant issued for arrest of notorious international conwoman
Summary
A bench warrant was issued for Farah Damji, a 55‑year‑old Ugandan‑born conwoman, after she failed to appear before the High Court on a scheduled sitting. Damji, who had been fighting extradition to the UK where she faced a nine‑month sentence for breaching a restraining order, was arrested in Dublin in August 2020 under a European Arrest Warrant. She had previously been denied bail in September 2020 due to a high risk of absconding, but in January 2021 the High Court ordered her surrender to UK authorities. Damji appealed to the Supreme Court, which upheld the High Court's decision. She was due to appear on 20 June, but claimed Covid and was unable to attend; the court adjourned her case. On 22 June, after gardaí could not verify her Covid certificate, the High Court issued a warrant for her arrest. Farah Damji was convicted.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Bench warrant issued for arrest of notorious international conwoman. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Convicted
When:
- February 2020 Incident
- August 2020 Incident
- September 2020 Incident
- June 20 Adjournment
- June 22 Adjournment
- June 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2022-06-28 Publication
Why: At Damji's UK trial, the court outlined how she had called one victim ten times a day, had left voicemails and had contacted his wife's cousins in order to get his wife's phone number regarding "concerns about her children". CNI source report
Case subjects
Defendant
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; He said that the sentence Damji was facing in the UK was nine months' imprisonment but she had already been in custody in Ireland for eight months while fighting her extradition.; The court adjourned her case to the following Monday to fix a date to finalise her extradition.
Places mentioned
- Supreme Court
- High Court
- The High Court
- UK prison
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