An Irish American convicted of sexually assaulting two 12-year-old girls in Dublin has escaped extradition from Britain to the US to face trial for abusing three young girls there.

The High Court in London has reserved judgment on a human rights bid by an Irish paedophile to block his return to the US where he is wanted for allegedly abusing three girls in the 1990s.

The High Court has reserved judgment on a human rights bid by an American paedophile to block being returned to the US where he is wanted for allegedly abusing three girls in the mid-Nineties.