Court hears ETA extradition case

Inaki de Juana Chaos was jailed for involvement in 25 murders

Convicted Eta killer Inaki de Juana Chaos is due to appear in court in Belfast on Thursday to hear whether he will face extradition.

Spanish authorities want the 53-year-old extradited to Spain to face a charge of "glorifying terrorism".

De Juana Chaos, with an address in Irish Street in Belfast, was sentenced to 3,000 years in prison in Spain for 25 murders in the 1980s.

However, he was released early in August 2008 and later moved to Ireland.

The charge concerns a message which was allegedly read out in his name after his release.

It contained the Basque phrase aurrrea bolie, which translates literally as "kick the ball forward".

Spanish authorities said the phrase was used in many letters among Eta members as an expression of encouragement and continuity in their terrorist activities.