France, June 24 -- The regional prosecutor's office in Evora, southern Portugal, said on Tuesday that the Court of Appeal had issued a "partial refusal" to execute a European arrest warrant issued by the French authorities for Marine R.

However, the court agreed in principle that she could be handed over to France at a later stage so she can face prosecution for alleged offences "not committed on Portuguese territory".

According to a judicial source speaking on behalf of the court, the French arrest warrant refers to suspected offences including the abduction of a minor, failure to fulfil parental legal obligations, abandonment of a minor under the age of 15, abandonment of a person unable to protect themselves and intentional violence ...