M.Z. extradition refused over alleged child abduction

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M.Z. was refused surrender for alleged child abduction by the High Court in a judgment delivered on 26 July 2016.

The European Arrest Warrant concerned allegations that M.Z. abducted a child from France and repeatedly failed to return the child to the person entitled to require delivery.

The court found that the warrant and accompanying documents did not demonstrate that the child’s liberty had been restricted without consent. It also held that the alleged offences did not correspond with false imprisonment under Irish law, because the child’s capacity to consent had not been shown to be absent.