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THE mother of Lorna Mahony has expressed her frustration at delays in the process of ex- traditing David Naughton. Last week Geral- dine Mahony travelled to London to be at Bow Street Magistrates for an extradition hearing. However, the application could not be proc- essed as the necessary paperwork was not be- fore the court by the Irish authorities.
“This was his fourth appearance in court in relation to the extradition and they are still waiting on paperwork from Ireland,’ Mrs Ma- hony said. “The magistrate seemed puzzled by the delay and said he would contact the Irish judge who issued the order.”
She continued, “The whole thing is very frustrating. One section doesn’t appear to know what the other side is doing. We are two
years after the girls’ deaths and we are no fur- ther down the process. We have to fight for any information from the authorities.
‘Families need to know what is going on. If we had a trial date or were kept in the loop, that would improve things. It is over two years since Lorna and Stacey left Stacey’s house on that Friday night, and we are still waiting for answers as to what happened.”
Mrs Mahony added, “It gets harder. Every- one is struggling because it hurts too much. It seems so senseless and we have no idea what happened. The inquest was formally opened in June 2004, but was adjourned because of the criminal proceedings.”
Extradition proceedings have been adjourned to December 6. Mrs Mahony said, “I would hope that by then, the Irish authorities would have the proper paperwork in place”.