AN ALLEGED American paedophile can be extradited to the US to face a catalogue of child sex charges, a judge has ruled.

Roger Giese, 42, is accused of sex offences against a boy under 14 between 1998 and 2002 in California.

District judge Margot Coleman said she had thought a “great deal” about the case before ruling against him at Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

The married former choirmaster, who has been living in Broughton under a different name, hugged his crying wife after the decision was given.

Giese is wanted in Orange County, California, after allegedly befriending the child when working as a voice coach for the All-American Boys Chorus in 1998.

Since 2014, a series of extradition legal battles have been fought after the Home Office certified a request from the United States.

But High Court judges in London previously blocked his departure on human rights grounds, with lawyers questioning the trustworthiness of promises by US officials on his future treatment.

While in England he was working for a PR company - having been on the run from the FBI since 2007.

The case has been referred to the Secretary of State to consider and Giese has 14 days to appeal against the decision.

As reported, the removal of the 42-year-old was previously blocked by High Court judges in London on human rights grounds.

Giese has been working for a PR company.

The judges ruled there was a real risk and such an order could breach his human rights. They also ruled an assurance offered by the US government that this would not happen was “not sufficient”.

There is a new assurance from the Orange County District Attorney’s office stating that a civil commitment order would not be sought.

An extradition request from the United States was first certified by the Home Office in May 2014 and a series of legal battles has been fought over Giese’s removal ever since.

He is alleged to have befriended the boy in 1998, when he was working as a voice coach for the All-American Boys Chorus.

Giese has been on the run from the FBI since 2007.

According to a Mirror newspaper investigation, he set up home with a new partner in Broughton, Hampshire. There was no suggestion she knew about his past.

Together the pair built a PR company with clients including travel giant Thomas Cook.

The Mirror reported that, through his company, Giese was invited to join Thomas Cook’s digital advisory board as the “global head of social media”.