LEGAL GROUP HELPING ANDREW SYMEOU WELCOMES CALLS FOR REFORM OF EU ARREST WARRANT

Jago Russell, chief executive of Fair Trials International, which has been lobbying for fair justice on Mr Symeou's behalf, welcomed the report produced yesterday as a step in the right direction, and called for full reform of the arrest warrant.

He said: “We are delighted that the EU has finally started to wake up to the overuse of the arrest warrant and the serious cases of injustice it has caused.

“Like a doting parent, it was slow to recognise the faults with its flagship justice measure but we hope it will now take urgent steps to reform the warrant and build a fair and effective extradition system that it can really be proud of.”