Albanian businessman Ermal Beqiri will remain in pretrial detention in France, after the Court of Appeal in Amiens rejected his request for release. Beqiri is wanted by Albanian authorities as part of an investigation into public tenders, while French justice is examining the request for his extradition to Albania.
According to the French newspaper “Le Courrier Picard”, the decision was taken this Friday, October 23, after the businessman appeared again before the court, just three days after the previous hearing on his request for release.
The judges decided not to accept the request, meaning Beqiri will remain in his cell until the judicial proceedings on the possible extradition continue.
On the same day, the Investigation Chamber in Amiens also examined the substance of the extradition request submitted by the Albanian authorities.
Ermal Beqiri, owner of the castle in Berneuil-en-Bray, in the French department of Oise, was arrested at the end of July in Méaulte, near Albert. The arrest came after the businessman had flown his plane over the Penly nuclear power plant, in the Seine-Maritime region.