Murder suspect loses extradition case

A Scottish man who is wanted for murder in the United States has lost a nine-year legal battle to avoid extradition.



Phillip Harkins, 33, is alleged to have shot and killed a man during a failed robbery in Florida in 1999.



He returned to Scotland after being released on bail in 2002 and was jailed the following year for killing a woman in a road crash in Greenock.



Harkins fought extradition attempts and his final appeal to the European Court of Human Rights has been turned down.



He denies any involvement in the robbery and campaigners on his behalf say there is no physical evidence linking him to the crime.