McNabb in the News (6/28/06) 2

Senior Principal Douglas McNabb has been quoted by the Associated Press in an article about the NatWest Three’s pending extradition to the United States.

U.S. authorities will now determine the exact departure date of the three. Spragg said the legal team was already preparing to send witnesses and documents to Texas.

Douglas McNabb, a … lawyer who testified as an expert witness on the U.S. legal system at the Bermingham hearing, said that the three would receive a bail hearing on arrival but added that they were likely to remain behind bars until a full trial — which could be several months away.

"From the U.S. perspective they are fugitives ... they will be in the U.S. kicking and screaming, so they would be flight risks," McNabb said.

McNabb added that he expected a host more such cases, given how quickly the Bermingham Three's appeals were dismissed by the British Courts.^[1]

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[1] Jane Wardell, British Bankers Cleared for U.S., AP (via Houston Chronicle), Jun. 28, 2006.