Cork man faces extradition to France over 'swindling' homeowners with 'shoddy' building work

Accused and two other men are alleged to have sold new driveways to homeowners in western France, who claimed the quality of the work carried out was shoddy and that they could not find the men afterwards to seek refunds or repairs

Man who is wanted in France for being part of a gang that laid poor-quality driveways could face 10  years’ imprisonment, the High Court was told. Picture: Collins Courts

An Irish man who is wanted in France for allegedly being part of a gang that "swindled" people by laying poor-quality driveways could face 10 years’ imprisonment, the High Court was told on Thursday.

Patrick Flynn, 33, and two other men are alleged to have sold new driveways “over the doorstep” to homeowners in western France. But his customers later alleged they had been duped into agreeing to the new drives.