A CORK couple has scored a bitter-sweet victory after the High Court refused an application to have them extradited to the US to face charges of kidnapping one of their grandchildren.

A couple today defeated an attempt by US authorities to extradite them from Ireland for allegedly kidnapping their grandson.

A couple accused of kidnapping their grandson in the US and bringing him to Ireland will learn today if they are to be extradited to face charges by the American authorities.

DYLAN BENWELL, the Cork-born youngster at the centre of an international tug-of-love, returned to the United States yesterday, more than three months after his grandparents were accused of kidnapping him.

DYLAN Benwell, the Cork-born youngster at the centre of an international tug of love, returned to the home of his mother in the US yesterday, over three months after his grandparents were accused of kidnapping him.