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Terrorist due before Dublin court over Scottish extradition

A convicted terrorist who used his base in Dublin to make bomb threats is due before an extraditi...
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12.58 29 Jul 2013


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Terrorist due before Dublin court over Scottish extradition

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12.58 29 Jul 2013


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A convicted terrorist who used his base in Dublin to make bomb threats is due before an extradition court this afternoon.

Adam Busby founded a dissident group in Scotland and is wanted in the UK over alleged threats to poison former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Just over 3 years ago, Mr. Busby was jailed for making hoax bomb threats against transatlantic flights.

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The then 61-year-old described himself as the founder and leader of a hardline Scottish national group called the Scottish National Liberation Army.

Back then his trial heard how he moved here in 1980 and used a base in Dublin to carry out a series of minor terror attacks. A jury found him guilty of sending e-mail threats from a public library to Heathrow Airport claiming bombs were on two flights to New York.

He is now facing extradition to his homeland over claims he threatened to poison former British PM Gordon Brown. Authorities in Scotland also want to question him about threats to contaminate the water supplies of English cities.

Busby, who has MS and is wheelchair bound, is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice this afternoon where an application to have him sent home for questioning will be discussed.


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