Arrest warrant rebels given sex crime alert

UNITED KINGDOM
The Times

Francis Elliott Political Editor

The cases of a paedophile priest brought back to face trial from Tenerife and a rapist extradited from Greece are being used to persuade Tory MPs to adopt EU-wide crime powers.

David Cameron has been warned that he faces a crushing Commons rebellion when he asks MPs to vote for Britain to sign up to 35 shared powers, including the European arrest warrant (EAW).

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