Extradited engineer accused of taking Dublin rental car to Norway drops bail application

Bjorn Tveter was held in custody in Spain for almost two weeks until he was brought back to Ireland on Wednesday and charged

The case against Bjorn Tveter is that he hired a car in Dublin in 2020 and left the jurisdiction with it despite being told by the rental company he could not do that. File picture

A Norwegian engineer extradited for stealing a rental car hired in Dublin before driving it back to his home country two years ago has dropped his bail application and agreed to stay in custody to prepare a signed guilty plea.

Bjorn Tveter, 40, from Langelandsfjellet, Jessheim, Norway, appeared again at Dublin District Court on Monday for the resumption of his part-heard bail application, which commenced on Thursday. He is charged with stealing the Audi from a Dublin car rental firm and using false documentation to hire the vehicle on November 25, 2020.