91-year-old sent to Australia for trial

A 91-year-old widower accused of sexually touching a child is facing extradition to Australia to stand trial. Edwin Holmes is said to have repeatedly abused a girl, from the age of seven, between 2008 and 2014. Holmes, from Leeds, was arrested on 20 August 2020 after an extradition warrant was issued. District judge Nicholas Rimmer said the pensioner can be extradited to Australia and referred the case to Home Secretary Priti Patel. Holmes now has 14 days to appeal the…