Corkman faces extradition over £120 fraud charge

The UK authorities are seeking the extradition of a Corkman wanted on charges including one that he defrauded a family out of £120 (about €150) after telling them he could arrange for their son to be a mascot at Premier League football match.

Yesterday the High Court in Dublin heard that Charles Finbarr Lynch, aged 42, with an address at St Kevin’s Square, Cork, is wanted in the UK where he is facing approximately a dozen charges for mainly theft and fraud offences.

In a European arrest warrant seeking Mr Lynch’s surrender, British authorities claim that the offences allegedly comm-itted by Mr Lynch occurred between 2009 and 2010 in and around the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton in southern England.