A businessman whose firm helped look for missing Leicestershire girl Madeleine McCann will fight extradition to the US where he is wanted over an alleged £1.3m fraud.

Kevin Halligen, 48, is accused by prosecutors in America of attempting to defraud a London law firm of £1.32m.

At City of Westminster Magistrates' Court, the Irish national's lawyer said he would contest extradition proceedings.

His firm, Oakley International, was employed by the McCanns for around six months.