Judge Emma Arbuthnot told the court in London that 57-year-old Antonio Troitino should remain out on bail as he awaits a decision by Spain on whether to appeal the ruling within a seven-day period.
Troitino spent 24 years in Spanish prisons for his role in 22 murders by ETA, which ended a 40-year armed struggle for Basque independence in 2011 after some 829 killings.
He is now wanted in Spain on charges of counterfeiting documents and belonging to a "terrorist group", but his lawyer said Spanish authorities were engaging in an "abusive process" and trying to find any way of getting him back.
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