UK under fire over extradition delay

The British government was today challenged to explain a three and a half year delay in seeking the extradition of a key suspect in a Northern Ireland spy scandal.

UK under fire over extradition delay

The British government was today challenged to explain a three and a half year delay in seeking the extradition of a key suspect in a Northern Ireland spy scandal.

Democratic Unionist Party MP Peter Robinson pledged to confront Attorney General Lord Goldsmith about Larry Zaitschek, a former chef at Special Branch headquarters in Belfast raided by the IRA in March 2002.

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