Donna Maguire

Donna Maguire (born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland ) is a former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) once described as Europe's most dangerous woman. A second IRA member was arrested with Maguire but escaped across the border before being captured by Dutch police, who also arrested a second man who had been travelling with Maguire. Maguire was extradited to the Netherlands on 6 December 1990. In March 1991, she was acquitted of the murder of two Australian tourists mistaken for off-duty British soldiers in Roermond in May 1990, a decision which was upheld at an appeal in July of the same year. On 7 October 1991 Maguire was extradited to Germany. On 9 June 1994 Maguire and three other IRA members were acquitted of the Dortmund murder although the judge said it was "clear they are members of the IRA and trained as IRA volunteers", and also acquitted of involvement in the May 1990 bombing of a British Army base in Hanover. She was remanded into custody to await trial on other charges relating to the 1989 Osnabrück bombing, The compensation award was described as a disgrace by Ulster Unionist Party MP Ken Maginnis, and Conservative Party MP David Wilshire said it was shocking and obscene and called for the law to be changed. Colin Parry, who received £7,500 after the death of his 12-year-old son in the Warrington bomb attacks, called for a review of the compensation system saying "It's a kick in the teeth. Every time these judgments come along, it reminds us how little society appears to value a child's life". and she has three children. Hardy was arrested in August 2005 while on a family holiday in Torremolinos, Spain and extradited to Germany in January 2006 to face charges over his role in the 1989 Osnabrück bombing. In April 2006 Hardy was found guilty of attempted murder and deliberately causing an explosion and was sentenced to six years' imprisonment. It later transpired that Hardy was not sent to prison and had left the court via a side door with Maguire, and a spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Justice issued a statement saying that "Leonard Hardy is not in detention".