No extradition ruling in body-parts case until after Christmas

A judge will not decide until after Christmas whether to extradite two men wanted the Netherlands in connection with the death of a man whose body was found inside a suitcase in an Amsterdam canal.

Dutch authorities are seeking the surrender of Kenneth Brunell (aged 27) from Palmerstown and Barry McArdle (aged 27) from Drimnagh, who were arrested on foot of extradition warrants issued in 2011.