Corkman faces extradition over £120 fraud charge

It is alleged that in July he falsely represented to a family that he could arrange for their son to be the mascot at a Premier League match between Portsmouth and Liverpool.

The family, it is claimed, paid Lynch £120 as part of the deal, they believed, would see the child be part of the match-day programme.

It is also alleged in the warrant that Mr Lynch, following a bucket collection for the disabled children’s charity KIDS, stole an unknown amount of cash from the organisation. He is further accused of making false representations to a bank in order to get an amount of cash.

It is further claimed that Mr Lynch breached the terms of his bail by failing to turn up when he was due before a magistrate’s court in 2010.

The court heard from Det Garda Emmet Daly that Mr Lynch was arre-sted in Cork on Monday evening on foot of a warrant that had previously been endorsed by the High Court in Dublin.

At the High Court, Ms Justice Mary Irvine, after being given details of Mr Lynch’s arrest, remanded him in custody with consent to bail.

The judge was told the State was consenting to bail on terms, including that he provide a bond of €1,500, that he reside at his mother’s home at St Kevin’s Square, Cork, that he sign on regularly with the gardaí in Cork, and that he would not leave the jurisdiction.

Mr Lynch gave a sworn undertaking to the court that he would comply with the bail conditions.

The judge, after informing Mr Lynch of his legal rights, including his entitlement to surrender himself to the UK authorities at any stage of the process, adjourned the case to a date later this month.