Prosecutors seeking the 67-year-old in connection with 1972 murders of two UDR men
John Downey has been granted leave to appeal against the decision to extradite him to Northern Ireland.
Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly said that she granted the appeal to test whether it is an abuse of process to return Mr Downey to Northern Ireland. The so-called ‘letter of comfort’ was allegedly issued under the terms of the controversial On The Runs scheme. “The only bodies who stand to benefit from the catastrophic failures are the very bodies who caused the catastrophic failures.”
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