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| Fasola loses extradition battle | Fasola loses extradition battle |
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| A sheriff has ruled that an Aberdeen businesswoman should be extradited to Italy to serve sentences for organising an armed robbery and counterfeiting. | A sheriff has ruled that an Aberdeen businesswoman should be extradited to Italy to serve sentences for organising an armed robbery and counterfeiting. |
| Dorothy Fasola, 57, has already been convicted of the crimes by a court in Milan. She still has almost five years to serve. | Dorothy Fasola, 57, has already been convicted of the crimes by a court in Milan. She still has almost five years to serve. |
| Ms Fasola - who imports and exports seafood - will lodge an appeal. | Ms Fasola - who imports and exports seafood - will lodge an appeal. |
| She was remanded in custody following her appearance at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. | She was remanded in custody following her appearance at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. |
| Ms Fasola has spent years fighting the attempts to extradite her from her home in Aberdeen. | Ms Fasola has spent years fighting the attempts to extradite her from her home in Aberdeen. |
| Medical reasons | Medical reasons |
| The Italian authorities want her to go back to prison to serve time for two offences for which they have already convicted her - a £160,000 jewellery heist in Milan in the 1990s, and counterfeiting money in the late 1980s. | |
| Ms Fasola did serve more than one-and-a-half years in jail in Italy, but was then released for medical reasons. | Ms Fasola did serve more than one-and-a-half years in jail in Italy, but was then released for medical reasons. |
| The Italians want her back to serve the remainder of her sentence, amounting to almost five years. | The Italians want her back to serve the remainder of her sentence, amounting to almost five years. |
| A lengthy extradition process saw a sheriff make the decision on Wednesday afternoon. | A lengthy extradition process saw a sheriff make the decision on Wednesday afternoon. |
| Sheriff Douglas Allan said he was satisfied that there was no interference with her human rights. | |
| Business threat | |
| Ms Fasola was believed to have lived in Milan in the 1970s before coming to Scotland to set up the seafood business with her daughter in 2002. | |
| During a previous hearing, lawyers fighting the extradition bid said her business would not survive if she were extradited. Plans to expand the firm into other countries had also been inhibited. | |
| Ms Fasola glanced at her daughter as she was led away to custody. | Ms Fasola glanced at her daughter as she was led away to custody. |
| It could be a further two months before an appeal is heard. | It could be a further two months before an appeal is heard. |