Mayka Kukucova has been extradited from Slovakia [NICHOLAS RAZZELL]Millionaire jeweller Mr Bush’s ex-girlfriend Mayka Kukucova was put on a plane to Madrid after authorities in her native country handed her over.
Authorities in the Costa del Sol resort of Estepona - near to the mansion where Bristol-based Mr Bush, 48, was shot dead last month - hope to question her over the weekend.
Murder squad detectives want to quiz Miss Kukucova, 24, before handing her over to an investigating judge in charge of the probe into the brutal April 5 killing.
The interrogations would take place in private behind closed doors before the judge decides whether to remand her in custody or release her on bail.
Part-time model Miss Kukucova handed herself in to police in Slovakia after evading cops who launched an international manhunt for her in the wake of Mr Bush’s death.
She spent around six weeks in custody before today’s extradition decision.
She was flown from the Slovak capital Bratislava to Vienna in Austria early this morning and was expected to arrive mid-afternoon in Madrid today after a second flight.
She will be escorted to the nearest police station on arrival in Madrid to be finger-printed.
Miss Kukucova handed herself in to police in Slovakia [ENTERPRISE]Andy hated her with a passion. She was like a poisonous snake
It is not yet clear if she will then be taken to Estepona for her first formal quiz on Spanish soil or held in jail near Madrid pending a transfer to the Costa del Sol next week.
Mr Bush’s current girlfriend, Maria Korotaeva, has told Spanish detectives Miss Kukucova was waiting inside his rented villa and opened the door to them after they flew to the Costa del Sol to celebrate their five-month anniversary together.
University student Miss Korotaeva, 21, said she heard shots and a row after leaving the ex-lovers inside the house to argue - and saw Mr Bush's ex flee moments later with the keys to his 4x4 which was later found abandoned nearby.
She found his body on the living room floor after firefighters forced their way in following her desperate 999 call.
Investigators say Mr Bush was shot twice with an Italian-made .38 special revolver.
Russian-born Miss Korotaeva, a human resources student at the University of the West of England, has described Miss Kukucova as madly-jealous and said her boyfriend had to change all the locks at his house in the UK after splitting with her last year.
She claimed in an interview shortly after the killing: “Andy hated her with a passion. She was like a poisonous snake.”
Miss Kukucova, who has not yet been charged with any crime, is expected to allege self-defence when she is questioned.
Her lawyer in Slovakia, speaking early today said: “I haven’t been officially informed about her extradition yet by anybody.
“Due to this situation I cannot provide you with any details of the hand-over.
“She will be represented by one of my colleagues who is recognised as one of the best criminal lawyers in Spain.”
Sources close to the case in Spain confirmed she had been extradited.
Mr Bush's body is still in Spain and a judge has refused his family permission to repatriate it to Britain.
Relatives and friends have launched an online petition against the decision.
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