Deep divisions have emerged at the heart of Danish government after a bitter row blew up over the country's failure to extradite a Nazi war criminal, a Dane, from Germany.

There were angry exchanges between Danish politicians following The Daily Telegraph's report on Søren Kam's peaceful life in the sleepy Bavarian town of Kempten im Allgäu.

The 86-year old former SS-Obersturmfuehrer has been indicted for murder in Denmark and is wanted for questioning for his alleged role in the deportation of hundreds of Jews to Nazi concentration camps.