French woman extradition request rejected over child abduction

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A French woman had an extradition request over alleged child abduction rejected by the High Court on 26 July 2016.

French authorities said she was wanted for child abduction and failing to return her son to his father, who had joint custody.

The judge found the case did not demonstrate that the 17-year-old lacked capacity to consent to travelling to Ireland.

The woman was discharged after the court found no correspondence between child abduction in France and false imprisonment in Ireland.