Wanted man fights extradition to Spain

A CO Louth man began a legal challenge in the Supreme Court yesterday to an order for his extradition to Spain, where he is wanted for the alleged murder of his wife.

On May 27, the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Finnegan made an order for the extradition to Spain of Michael Dermot McArdle, aged 36, Brookfield, Heynestown, Dundalk. The order was the first of its kind to be made here under the European Arrest Warrant, 2003, which came into effect in 2004.

McArdle is wanted for the alleged murder of his wife Kelly Anne, who died following a fall from a hotel balcony in Marbella on February 12, 2000.