A FURNESS pensioner is due to be extradited to Canada next month, nearly a year after the Government ordered the action.

Peter Kevin Miller, 72, is due to be removed from the country to face fraud charges overseas.

It came after permission to appeal the decision of British authorities to extradite him was refused.

The Home Secretary Priti Patel had previously granted a Canadian application to extradite Mr Miller.

The pensioner, of Grizebeck, had resisted plans to remove him from the country to face charges.

But the Home Office has now confirmed that arrangements are under way to extradite the defendant to Canada in September.

Mr Miller is alleged to have committed offences in Vancouver, 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’.

A warrant for his arrest was issued by Canadian authorities.

He was hauled before South Cumbria Magistrates' Court for a hearing in October last year.

There he was told to lodge £100,000 as security and give up his passport.

Mr Miller was also told to remain at his home overnight with electronic monitoring.

Under other conditions he was prohibited from going to any international travel hub and ordered not to apply for or be in possession of international travel documents.

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

Britain has extradition treaties with more than 100 countries.