Suspect accused of assassinating gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons in court wait
The extradition hearing for the man accused of gunning down Scots gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons in a Spanish bar has been delayed.
Michael Riley has been charged over the double assassination, which took place at Monaghan's Irish Bar in the city of Fuengirola after the Champions League Final.
The Spanish authorities are trying to extradite him to Spain so he can go on trial over the killings, which took place in the Costa del Sol city on May 31 this year.
But today it emerged that the hearing, which was due to take place in October, was being rescheduled for November, meaning the 44-year-old, of Liverpool, will spend an extra month behind bars.
Riley, of Huyton, Liverpool, is remanded in custody at Wandsworth Prison and was due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on October 9 for his extradition hearing.
But today the court heard that the hearing is now expected to take place at the same court on November 20, five weeks later than originally planned.
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Another hearing is due to take place in August. Monaghan, 43, and Lyons, 46, were key members of the Lyons crime gang, which has been at war with the rival Daniel mob for a quarter of a century.
The feud started in the early 2000s when the Lyons gang were blamed after cocaine belonging to the Daniels was swiped from a safe house during a party.
What followed was decade of tit-for-tat shootings, ambushes and knife attacks. Spanish police said Riley was a member of the Daniel gang, but Police Scotland have denied a link between the murders and their lengthy feud.
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