Former model
Suspect extradited over stabbing of
custody awaiting dates for a court appearance.
Mhairi, 57, who made the Miss Scotland finals in 1978, 78, says she was critically ill for two weeks and still requires res surgery after the attack, which ich left her in a pool of blood.
We told last year how ow McDonald returned tto o Scotland after the incident. nt.
Mhair i, of Bearsden, n, Glasgow, said: “I am relieved ed at this development and I hope that justice now takes s its course.”
Pol ice in the Costa a Blanca are understood to o be treating the attack as s attempted murder.
They could not be contacted for comment.
I t ’ s u nd e r s t o o d McDonald is being held in prison in the Alicante area. A Foreign Office spokesman said: s “Our staff are in contact c with a British man detained d in Spain and with the th Spanish police.” Police Scotland said: “A 58-5 year- old man was arrested ar in Glasgow on May 30 in connection with a European Eu arrest warrant.” M Mha i r i says bui lder Mc McDonald stabbed her in Qu Quesada, near Alicante, in July last year. Th The knife wound damaged her spleen and she also suf suffered broken ribs and req required emergency surgery for internal bleeding. She S claims McDonald attacked atta her after she refused to hhelp him over charges he was wa facing at the time in Spain.