Scottish court drops extradition case of Catalan independence campaigner

Extradition request from Spain for Clara Ponsati was halted after she move to Belgium

An extradition case against a Catalan academic and independence campaigner, Clara Ponsati, has been dropped by a Scottish court after she moved to Belgium.

A sheriff in Edinburgh halted an extradition request from the Spanish government against Ponsati, who had been elected to the European parliament in January 2020, after agreeing the court no longer had any jurisdiction in her case.