A paedophile who abused a young boy almost 50 years ago was extradited from the US to finally face justice.

Robert Flynn, an American citizen, was working in the UK in the 1970s when he sexually abused the then teenager over a number of years, police said.

Flynn returned to the US in 1976. But after the victim reported what had happened to him to police in 2021, an extradition process was launched and he was brought back to the UK.

In May 2025, the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) and the U.S. Marshals Office of International Operations (OIO) arrested Flynn at an address in Ohio. He was flown back to the UK and arrested at Heathrow Airport in June this year.

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