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Man sought in homicide, kidnapping cases arrested for driving offense

LIVERPOOL, England, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A man wanted in separate homicide and kidnapping cases was jailed for a driving offense Wednesday in Liverpool, England, court records said.

After his arrest Tuesday, Darren O'Flaherty, 39, admitted in court to driving without a license in 2008 and failing to appear in court after posting bail. He was sentenced to five months Wednesday.

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O'Flaherty is wanted in the 2010 shooting death of Irish tourist John O'Neill on southern Spain's Costa del Sol, as well as the 2006 kidnapping of a truck driver in England's Yorkshire county, the Liverpool Echo reported.

O'Flaherty is expected to be returned to the Yorkshire court, which will consider his extradition to Spain, the newspaper said.

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