Moved from DAK to The Snug (chas49)
I have some questions regarding this chap:
An 80-year-old man who has been on the run for almost three decades has been arrested after returning to the UK from Thailand, police have said.
Richard Burrows had failed to attend the start of his trial over alleged child sex offences at Chester Crown Court in 1997.
Cheshire Police said Mr Burrows was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Thursday.
I'm curious how this guy managed to pay his way for so long. I don't think you can work in Thailand (and I think the authorities are quite ruthless on this). And if you're on a tourist visa, you have to renew it every three months. maybe he married a Thai girl and his out with her.
.....maybe he had private pension income from age 55 and perhaps used savings before that? State Pension payable? Can the authorities trace income being paid abroad - or even to a UK account then abroad)?
...or e could have spent the last 28 years in a Thai jail for crimes in Thailand? Surely the Thai authorities would want to know who he is?
Hmmm. Maybe that is the answer. He's been in jail and the 'planned flight to the UK' was actually a deportation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-m ... r-68711891