McNabb in the News (5-28-06)

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb was quoted in The Sunday Independent regarding Frederick Russell and his extradition battle in Ireland.

Justice Peart gave the American 15 days to make arrangements for his return and ordered him to spend the intervening period in jail. These 'arrangements' will be a lot more serious than packing bags and booking flights, according to international extradition lawyer Douglas McNabb.

McNabb said: "he will be handcuffed at the waist, wrists and ankles before being flown home and held in a maximum lockdown prison environment until his trial. "Russell fled to Ireland after the car crash near his hometown in Pullman, in the east of Washington states. He was due to stand trial for 'vehicular homicide'—similar to death by dangerous driving—after the high-speed collision in June 2001.^[1]

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[1] Larissa Nolan, Fugitive Russell Set to Fight Extradition in Highest Court, Sunday Independent (Ireland), May 28, 2006.