AN IRISHMAN who claimed the IRA would kill him if he was sent back to Ireland is to be extradited from Scotland, a sheriff has ruled.
Gary Brodie, 33 and originally from Donegal, is wanted for six warrants in Ireland against him, including assault, theft and robbery.
However, at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last month, Brodie boasted that the warrants were “just a drop in the ocean” and there should be at least 25 in total, according to the Daily Record.
He also launched a foul-mouthed rant at court officials calling them 'fenian b******s' and spat on a police officer at the earlier hearing,
Brodie had previously pleaded not to be sent back to Ireland, saying he fled the country in 2009 because an IRA “money man” with a gun said he would be killed if he didn’t leave within 24 hours.
Brodie also claimed he would end up like his father William, who disappeared in 1994 and is thought to have been murdered by the IRA.
“I left Ireland in 2009. Someone came to the door with a firearm. He said to me, ‘Mr Brodie you have got 24 hours to leave or you’ll never be seen again.’
“I knew who he was. He did all the IRA business at a local bar and was like the money man for the IRA.
“My father was up on a murder charge in 1994 and then my dad disappeared. No body has ever been found.
“There were rumours that he had been fed to pigs, incinerated and was buried under new motorways," Brodie told the court.
But Edinburgh sheriff Alistair Noble told Brodie: “You report that a member of the IRA showed you a gun and said you had 24 hours to get out of Ireland. I don’t find it proved that any threat was made.
“There was nothing in the evidence that I heard that showed you would be in significant danger if you were extradited.”
The sheriff told Brodie that the charges he faces in Ireland are of “great seriousness”.
Sheriff Noble added: “I have to regard the strong public interest that those accused of crimes should be brought to trial and those convicted should not escape punishment.
“Britain should not become a safe haven for fugitives from justice.
“You have previously been involved in substantial criminal offending since your return to Scotland.”
Gary Brodie will be sent to Castlerea Prison in Co. Roscommon.
