Kim Dotcom in court for US extradition hearing after three years of delays

Using a specially designed chair brought into the courtroom in Auckland, the internet tycoon finally faced proceedings over his $175m Megaupload empire

After more than three years of legal wrangling, two supreme court cases and 10 delays in the proceedings, the extradition hearing for internet tycoon Kim Dotcom and his co-accused has finally begun in Auckland.

A sea of lawyers and reporters flooded the district court on Monday to see Dotcom, sitting in a large leather arm chair specially brought in for ergonomic reasons.