A Polish court issued a European arrest warrant Tuesday for Helena Wolinska, a Stalinist-era prosecutor now living in Britain who is accused of fabricating evidence in show trials in the 1950s.
Wolinska, 88, who has lived in England since 1972 and is a British citizen, is accused of masterminding the wrongful arrest and execution of Gen. Emil Fieldorf, a World War II-era Polish hero, and of the wrongful arrest of 24 others. If convicted, she could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
Wolinska dismissed the request for her extradition.
"I will not speak about this because it is not a criminal case, it is a political one," she said …
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