Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform v Dolny
Irish Supreme Court case
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform v Dolny [2009] IESC 48 (18 June 2009), was an Irish Supreme Court case. The court found that a European extradition can be applied if the offense is very similar to an offense in Irish statute.
Background
Mr. Damian Dolny of Wielkopolska, Poland was arrested and charged under the Polish penal code articles 156 § 1, 157 § 1 and 158 § 1 following a violent assault he carried out against Mr. Andrzej Lnka on June 20, 2004. Mr Rafal Berger and Mr Tomasz Wyrwa assisted in this assault. Mr. Dolny was sentenced to a four year suspended sentence. He committed a similar offense during this probation period on May 6, 2006. The District Court in Trzcianka sentenced him to ten months for this breach of probation order on August 11, 2006.
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