Los Angeles arson suspect Harry Burkhart exploded in an expletive-laced anti-American court outburst after his mother was arrested on fraud charges from their native Germany.

A LIMERICK-based solicitor is to face trial by a jury on a charge of alleged fraud, a court has heard.

A convicted sex offender and international conman donated a bogus cheque to a Limerick charity for stg£100,000 (€147,000) because he wanted people to think "well of him", a court has heard.