Alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk has been deported from the US on board a plane bound for Germany.

The frail 89-year-old is due to face charges in Germany of being an accessory to the deaths of 29,000 Jews during World War II.

He denies accusations that he worked as a guard in the Sobibor Nazi death camp.

He says he was captured by the Germans in his native Ukraine during the war and kept as a prisoner of war.

The plane carrying John Demjanjuk took off from Cleveland airport on Monday evening.

US agents earlier arrived at his family home, removed Mr Demjanjuk in his wheelchair, and drove him to a federal building in Cleveland.

He has been fighting deportation since charges were levelled against him in March, arguing that he is too frail to be moved.

On Thursday, the US Supreme Court rejected a request by Mr Demjanjuk to intervene in the case. One day later he was ordered to surrender to immigration authorities.

It is unfortunate that it has taken this long for Demjanjuk to face justice, however it is better than it never happening.  If the allegations are true he should never step foot outside a prison cell again.  Being 89 years old I don't imagine he will.