A High Court judge said today that he had received letters from the mother and fiancée of an American man who is challenging his extradition to the US to face charges relating to the death of three students in a traffic accident.

An American fugitive wanted in the US over a high speed car crash which killed three young students had been drinking and using cannabis in the hours before the fatal accident, a Dublin court heard today.

One of America’s most wanted men was remanded in custody today pending extradition to the US where he could face trial for the deaths of three students in a hit-and-run.

One of America’s top 15 most wanted men will appear in the High Court today in a bid to fight extradition to the United States.