Alleged hacker Lauri Love has told ITV News of his fears about the US justice system, after Home Secretary Amber Rudd signed his extradition order for computer hacking offences.

Love, 31, who has Asperger's Syndrome, is accused of stealing vast amounts of data from high-profile US agencies including the Department of Defence and the FBI.

Speaking to ITV News at his home where he lives with his parents near Bury St Edmunds, Love said he was concerned that he would not even get a trial in the US and would instead be "forced" to accept a plea deal.

His father, the Reverend Alexander Love, said he did not want to get his son "off the hook" for his alleged crimes but he wanted him to face trial in the UK.

He said: "He's a British citizen, give him a trial in a British court and give him a sentence which is appropriate for what he may have done."

Love, who also suffers from depression and severe eczema, added that there were not enough safeguards in the US to deal with "vulnerable individuals with mental health conditions".

He said there was a high chance that he might take his own life in prison and added that, that was something he thinks about "most days".