Irish man sentenced by British courts over multi-million pound tax fraud appeals extradition

A Roscommon man has appealed a High Court decision ordering his extradition to the United Kingdom to serve a four-and-a-half year sentence for tax fraud. Thomas O'Connor was convicted at Blackfriars Crown Court in England of two offences relating to a multi-million pound tax fraud conspiracy. He attended trial and the verdict in October 2006 but was absent for sentencing following his failure to answer bail. The…