Madeleine McCann prime suspect 'trying to exploit loophole' to get out of jail
So it looks like we will find out in 3 weeks if CB's appeal is successful or not. Interestingly though, the article talks about the contention point being around the 2017 extradition from Portugal and not the 2018 extradition from Italy.
It's a bit complex but the crux seems to be that CB's lawyers are arguing that the extradition warrant needs to be signed off by Portugal (the scene of the crime) and not Italy. There was an extradition agreement from Portugal in 2017 (following his capture in the playground in Messines) but that this was not for the crime of the 2005 rape and therefore CB has been detained and tried illegally. The prosecutors seem to be arguing this is not relevant since CB was already in breach of law for fleeing to Italy in order to evade a pending sentence in Germany.
Hopefully the judges use common sense and don't allow CB to overturn the rape conviction on a technicality.
ETA: Anyone know what this quote is about in the article? What does Ireland have to do with this?:
Representatives of the Irish government also took part in the case held in the main ECJ courthouse via video conference.