A man wanted in the UK in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese people found in a refrigerated shipping container in Essex has been granted permission in Dublin to appeal against his extradition.

Mr Justice Donald Binchy at Dublin’s high court accepted arguments raised by Eamonn Harrison’s defence team related to the issuing of a European arrest warrant. Harrison’s lawyers claimed there were “manifest errors” in the original warrant.

They contended that when additional information was sought from the UK authorities, that information was provided by the Crown Prosecution Service instead of a judicial authority.

Binchy said there was a need to explore the points raised in a higher court. He formally made an order granting extradition to the UK but placed a stay on the execution of that order pending the outcome of court of appeal proceedings.