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Scottish separatist granted bail
Summary
High Court Judge John Edwards granted bail to Adam Busby, a 64-year-old self-styled Scottish separatist, pending the outcome of his Supreme Court appeal against a High Court order for his surrender to UK authorities. Busby, who has multiple sclerosis and is wheelchair-bound, is alleged by UK authorities to have made a series of hoax threats between November 2009 and June 2010. These allegations include threatening to contaminate UK water supplies, sending packages containing poisonous substances to public figures, and claiming bombs would detonate at locations in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The bail conditions require Busby to keep the peace, be on good behaviour, and refrain from accessing the internet. He is permitted to use a basic mobile phone for routine calls, provided he informs gardaí of dialed numbers and submits the device for call record checks. The judge indicated he would approve residence at the Granby Centre, Dublin 1, and remanded Busby in custody pending confirmation of that placement. The Supreme Court appeal is listed for mention on May 1, 2014. Previously, in July 2010, a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury found Busby guilty of causing annoyance by sending emails to the British Airports Authority claiming bombs were on flights to New York, resulting in a two-year jail sentence. He was also convicted by the Special Criminal Court in 1997 and sentenced to two years for making threatening phone calls to the Press Association and the Scottish Daily Record.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Scottish separatist granted bail. Procedural stage: appeal
When:
- November 2009 Hearing Or Sentence
- June 2010 Hearing Or Sentence
- September 27, 2009 Other
- December 20, 2009 Other
- April 15, 2010 Other
- June 9, 2010 Other
- May 1 2014 Adjournment
- July 2010 Adjournment
- May 8th Hearing Or Sentence
- May 15th 2006 Hearing Or Sentence
- October 1984 Hearing Or Sentence
- 2014-03-04 Publication
Case subjects
Appellant
Outcome: In July 2010 Busby was jailed for two years after a Dublin Circuit Criminal Court jury found him guilty of causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety by sending emails to the British Airports Authority claiming bombs were on two flights to New York. Busby was also convicted by the Special Criminal Court in 1997 and sentenced to two years for making threatening phone calls to the Press Association in Scotland and the Scottish Daily Record newspaper.; The judge said he would be prepared to approve residence for Mr Busby at the Granby Centre, Dubln 1 and remanded him in custody pending confirmation that he had a place at that address.
Places mentioned
- High Court
- Supreme Court
- Mr Busby's Supreme Court
- Dublin
- Dublin Circuit Criminal Court
- Special Criminal Court
- Forth Road
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