Sea Shepherd leader offered bail, can't leave Germany
Founder of radical environmental group Sea Shepherd Paul Watson has been told he can leave German custody on €250,000 bail – but cannot leave the country until a judge has assessed a possible extradition request.
Watson was arrested last Sunday when he arrived in Frankfurt on an international arrest warrant from Costa Rica on charges relating to a high seas confrontation over shark finning in 2002.
The 61-year-old environmentalist will probably remain in custody over the weekend, his lawyer Oliver Wallasch said, as it would take a few days to raise the bail money.
Watson is accused of attacking the crew of a Costa Rican ship in Guatemalan waters with a water cannon.
Sea Shepherd is best known for its annual pursuit of the Japanese whaling fleet in the ocean near Antarctica, using increasingly militant ways to halt the hunt.
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