By Melissa NightingaleAn alleged child sex offender is being extradited to the UK - 13 years after he failed to show up for his trial there. The man was able to obtain New Zealand citizenship while authorities fumbled over incomplete extradition orders. He was due to stand trial in May 2003, but had travelled to New Zealand by then and never showed up for the trial. The judge laid out a timeline of events, detailing the "inexplicable and inexcusable" periods of inaction between the UK and New Zealand authorities. Judge Toogood said by the time UK authorities confirmed Keenan was in New Zealand, they had "mislaid the original [arrest] warrant", so their first extradition request was incomplete.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 13, 2016 22:30 UTC