AN attempt may be made to extradite a pub landlord who fled the country.
Rob Howse managed the Punch Bowl, in Stonegate, in York city centre, but disappeared in 1996 after being confronted about a discrepancy in the accounts.
The 39-year-old is now known to be working as a doorman at a pub in Galway, Ireland, where he has a pregnant girlfriend and a share in a property.
A spokesman for Mitchells and Butlers, which runs what used to be a Bass Taverns pub, said it has written off the cash involved.
"We would now regard it as having happened too long ago to pursue it any further," said a spokesman.
However, a police spokesman said the case remained active and moves to extradite Mr Howse could be launched if the Crown Prosecution Service decided it was in the public interest
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