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Graham Sankey may be extradited to Bulgaria. Photo by liverpoolecho.co.uk
From mirror.co.uk
A football fan who admitted the attack for which Michael Shields was wrongly jailed may be extradited for trial, lawyers said yesterday.
Bulgarian legal chiefs have been examining the dossier of "new evidence" handed to them by Jack Straw. They will announce today if Graham Sankey will be told to return to Bulgaria for prosecution.
Sankey has withdrawn his admission. But Bulgarian prosecutor Boris Velchev said: "If Graham Sankey's confession is the main reason for Shields' release then we could ask for his extradition."
The combined shortcomings of the British and Bulgarian legal and political systems had already condemned the young Liverpool football fan to serve four-and-a-half years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
The sisters of Liverpool fan Michael Shields, who was sentenced in Bulgaria to ten years in jail for an attack on a barman, but was recently pardoned by his home country, have won a national award for their dedication to getting him out of jail.
Bulgarian prosecutors have confirmed expectations that they do not plan to resume the trial against Liverpool fan Michael Shields, who was sentenced here to ten years in jail for an attack on a barman, but was recently pardoned by his home country.
A Euro MP has demanded that Bulgaria explains why it released the man who confessed to the crime Michael Shields was convicted for.
Bulgaria has given the first indication that it does not plan to resume the trial against Michael Shields, who was sentenced by a Bulgarian court to ten years in jail for an attack on a barman, but was recently pardoned by his home country.
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