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A golf club president from London is battling extradition to the US over claims he sold batteries for surface-to-air missiles to Iran.

Christopher Tappin, 63, from Orpington, on the south London/Kent border, faces 35 years in jail if convicted in an American court.

But Mr Tappin, a retired businessman and president of the Kent County Golf Union, denies the claim.

He hopes to avoid extradition at a hearing in two weeks.

Mr Tappin says he was unwittingly caught up in a US customs sting.

A golf club president from London is battling extradition to the US over claims he sold batteries for surface-to-air missiles to Iran.

Christopher Tappin, 63, from Orpington, on the south London/Kent border, faces 35 years in jail if convicted in an American court.

But Mr Tappin, a retired businessman and president of the Kent County Golf Union, denies the claim.