Criminal refused to board plane to start jail abroad

A Polish national, extradited from Ireland to serve two prison sentences in his home country, refused to board a plane at Dublin Airport on Thursday, because of “a fear of flying”, the High Court was told today.

Detective Sergeant Jim Kirwan told Mr Justice Richard Humphreys that, when brought to the boarding gate by gardaí, Piotr Skiba refused to get on the plane and expressed a fear of flying.

Mr Skiba has been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of nine months and 18 months for burglaries in Poland