ST JOHNS, Antigua A former police officer, Weston Gordon, has been extradited to the United States where he is wanted on criminal charges. He was accompanied by two US marshalls.

Last year, US law enforcement authorities had requested Gordons extradition so he could stand trial on an attempted murder charge in addition to four counts of aggravated assault and one count of being in possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes.

The US is alleging that in September 2005, in New Jersey, Gordon accosted the complainant Earl Matthias and his 14-year-old son in a store and allegedly stabbed Matthias twice in the stomach.

Gordon was arrested and was granted bail but failed to show up for his trial on July 17, 2006. He subsequently left the US for his homeland.

But his attorney said at the time Gordon left the US jurisdiction he did not have the necessary immigration status to remain in that country.