BRITAIN has ordered the extradition of a Furness pensioner accused of fraud in Canada.

Peter Kevin Miller has been accused of defrauding several people of thousands of pounds in the city of Vancouver.

The decision to extradite the 71-year-old, of Grizebeck, was made by the Home Secretary of state Priti Patel.

It marks one of very few publicly-known extradition orders by the Home Office in recent times.

Peter Kevin Miller was hauled before the bench at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court late last year to answer four charges after a warrant for his arrest was made by Canadian authorities.

The decision on whether to extradite him to face charges in Canada was then sent to the secretary of state.

The Home Office has now confirmed that his extradition has been ordered.

The department did not offer any further comment with the case subject to ongoing legal proceedings.

Mr Miller is alleged to have committed offences in the Canadian city, dating back as far as 2010.

It is alleged that between November 1 2010 and January 31 2013 he dishonestly made false representations to Gordon and Isabelle Truscott, intending to make a gain for himself or cause a loss of in excess of $5,000.

He is also accused of ‘dishonestly appropriating monies’ in excess of $5,000 against the same couple on the same dates.

Between July 1 2012 and January 31 2013 he is accused of dishonestly making false representations to Beverley Pugh, Claudette Bouchard, and Molly Rosenberg intending to make a gain for himself or cause a loss of in excess of $5,000.

Mr Miller is alleged to have 'guaranteed the principal sum invested in the investment fraud incepted and run by you’.

After the hearing he was handed a curfew ordering him to stay at his home, a farm in the village.

He was also prohibited from going to any international travel hub and ordered to hand his passport to police.

Mr Miller was also ordered not to apply for or be in possession of international travel documents.

Restrictions were imposed to ‘ensure attendance at court and to the custody of the police as directed in extradition proceedings’, court papers said.

Extradition is the formal process where one country asks another to return a person in order to stand trial or to serve a sentence.

The UK has extradition treaties with more than 100 countries.

The secretary of state must order extradition unless the person could face the penalty or the person has already been extradited to the UK from a third state or transferred from the International Criminal Court.