Man to be extradited over kidnap and assault claims

A Cork man is to be extradited to Britain where he is accused of kidnapping and assaulting a former partner, the High Court ruled today.

Kieran Thomas Draisey is wanted by police in Manchester for the alleged kidnapping, false imprisonment, assault causing actual bodily harm and threatening to kill Tracy Whitworth Wilde on dates between 1995 and 1998 in the town of Widnes.