British man who had an European Arrest Warrant in place against him for rape has been detained in Girona.Named by police as 42 year old Bird C, he was arrested last Saturday afternoon on his arrival at Girona airport on a flight from Doncaster in the U.K.. He is wanted in connection with the rape of a young woman in Germany in 1997.Because Britain is not a member of the Schengen agreement, the arrivals at Girona are considered as being from outside the European Union and therefore passports are subjected to greater scrutiny, and that is how his arrival was flagged.
It’s understood that the court in Neustadt in Germany where the rape took place only entered the details into the Schengen computers last September 9, resulting in the suspect’s arrest just ten days later.He will appear before Instruction Court 5 in the National Court in Madrid which will deal with his extradition.