They contend that by relying solely on medical evidence to stop her extradition, British authorities will not be held accountable for Roisin's treatment nor the German authorities challenged for their lack of evidence in the case. Her mother, Bernadette McAliskey, looked grim-faced after paying a visit to her daughter. My understanding from the home office psychiatric report is that my daughter is not expected ever to make a 100 percent recovery. Roisin's reality is that she may walk with a limp for the rest of her life. Someone is accountable for all of that, someone is accountable for my daughter's state of health.
Someone is accountable for the fact the European extradition treaty is a mess and was open to abuse.
These matters are not resolved by the ending of proceedings against Roisin. Someone is to blame. In her attack, the former politician particularly focused her criticism on the Castlereagh holding centre in Northern Ireland, where her daughter was questioned. After her arrest at her home in November 1996, Roisin was taken to Castlereagh where she was detained for nearly a week. During that period, her mother claims that her daughter endured psychological torture, was repeatedly threatened and was forced to relive a particularly traumatic childhood memory.