High Court orders Declan Duffy’s extradition to the UK

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A High Court judge ordered Declan Duffy’s extradition to the UK in June 2020, refusing his request to postpone surrender on humanitarian grounds. The judge lifted the existing postponement order, allowing surrender within 25 days.

Duffy had sought to remain in Ireland to serve his life sentence for the 1992 murder of British army sergeant Michael Newman. He had been serving a six-year sentence imposed in 2018 for false imprisonment and assault; the 2020 report said extradition had been on hold while he served that sentence.