The Dutch lawyer representing William Beggs says she will oppose his extradition from the Netherlands to face murder charges in Scotland.

Ten days ago Strathclyde Police issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr Beggs in connection with the murder of Kilmarnock teenager Barry Wallace.

The 36-year-old has been held in Amsterdam since Tuesday after he walked into a police station with a lawyer and was arrested.

His solicitor, Lian Mannheims, spoke to BBC Radio Scotland on Thursday and said it is unlikely there will be an extradition hearing before March and that it will be opposed.

Remains found

Mr Beggs, who is originally from Moira in Northern Ireland, was being sought in connection with the death of 18-year-old Mr Wallace, of Cumbrae Drive, Kilmarnock, whose remains were discovered earlier this month.

The family of the supermarket employee called police after he failed to return home after a works night out on 5 December.

Two days after Mr Wallace's last sighting, police divers found human limbs in Loch Lomond.

About a week later a woman out walking her dog on a beach at Troon in Ayrshire discovered a severed head.

DNA tests revealed the body parts all belonged to Mr Wallace.

A Crown Office spokesman said Beggs would be extradited to face charges that he had abducted and murdered Mr Wallace.