Agents of the National Police have arrested in Torrevieja (Alicante) a British fugitive wanted for the murder of his partner in 1990. The arrested man allegedly fled in 2015, after being released on parole, and had a warrant in force. search and arrest for extradition – by Interpol – for intentional homicide.
The person under investigation allegedly used different identities to avoid being located and had no known address in Spain, although he lived in different homes of elderly women with addiction problems or some type of cognitive impairment that provided him with financial support, as reported by the Police. it’s a statement.
The investigation began in May of this year when the United Kingdom authorities, through Interpol, informed the agents of the possible presence in Spain of a fugitive convicted of murdering his partner in 1990. After being released on parole In 2015 he had fled and his whereabouts remained unknown to date.
The information sent by the British authorities only indicated that it could be found in the vicinity of the Alicante town of Torrevieja. At the same time, they warned of its potential danger; They indicated that the person under investigation had been residing with two British citizens who had recently died, one of them suddenly and who used different identities and had no known address in Spain to avoid being located.
After exhaustive police efforts, the agents of the central unit located a man of British nationality who “fully” coincided with the one in the images received, although when he found out he was wanted by the justice system he used another identity, with which he had resided in Spain since 2017. .
The British authorities had also provided two license plates of two vehicles that could be being used by the person under investigation, although both appeared in Torrevieja in a state of “apparent abandonment.” As the investigations progressed, the information that was “decisive” for his location was that relating to what was suspected to be his current partner, a woman of British nationality, who was identified and whose characteristics coincided with those provided.
At the end of last November, the agents went to the residence of the alleged partner of the investigated person, in an urbanization in Torrevieja (Alicante). There they intercepted him when he was leaving the home, at which time he was identified and detained. Finally, on November 30, he was brought before the court for his extradition.
