kestutis martuzevicius repeatedly stalled efforts to extradite him , claiming they breached his human rights .
the 52-year-old , who is wanted for 22 crimes in lithuania , spun out the legal battle for nearly five years by insisting he was mentally ill , leaving the british public to foot the bill .
yesterday judges at the european court of human rights criticised his ` manifestly ill-founded ' case and ruled the alleged killer should be put on a plane home .