Dubliner accused of trying to kill PSNI officer loses appeal against extradition

According to the European Arrest Warrant, the PSNI officer’s wife, also a serving officer, awoke in the early hours and looked out of her bedroom window and saw a male on the ground at the driver's door of her husband's car. File image

A Dubliner accused of trying to kill a PSNI officer has lost his appeal against extradition to the North, where he faces trial and a possible life sentence.

According to Ciaran Maguire’s European Arrest warrant, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found under the officer’s car in the driveway of his home.