David Drumm's US detention term could last years

If Drumm were refused bail he would be in a US detention facility for a term that could be “years longer” than any sentence

David Drumm at a bail hearing with his family in Boston, where he is attempting to get released from detention

Court filings on behalf of David Drumm suggest there would be little point in him continuing to fight his extradition from the United States if he is refused bail.

A written decision on his release will follow last Friday’s bail hearing at Massachusetts District Court at which the former boss of Anglo Irish Bank pleaded to Judge Donald Cabell that he “did not flee” Ireland in 2009 and was therefore not a flight ...