Judge orders extradition of Declan 'Whacker' Duffy to UK

Declan Duffy had sought to be allowed to remain in Ireland on humanitarian grounds.

Declan "Whacker" Duffy, pictured in 2009.

A High Court judge has said he hopes Declan "Whacker" Duffy will be allowed to return to Ireland to serve out a life sentence for the murder of a British army sergeant in Derby in 1992.

While ordering the republican paramilitary's extradition to the UK, Mr Justice Paul Burns said that he sympathises with Duffy after reading an affidavit relating to the health of one of his family members. Mr Duffy had sought to be allowed to remain in Ireland on humanitarian grounds despite a High Court decision to extradite him to the UK to finish serving his life sentence.