Dramatic moment dangerous fugitive is caught on ferry trying to flee UK after three-hour hostage horror
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThis is the moment a dangerous fugitive stalker was snared after 48 hours on the run. Edward John Best had travelled from his home in Chicago to Tameside to confront a woman.
The 26-year-old IT worker had been in a three-year online relationship with the woman when she blocked him due to his aggressive manner and strange demands, according to Greater Manchester Police.
On one occasion he asked her to leave her phone on so her could listen to her breathing as she slept, said the force. He spent 12 days in Manchester after catching a flight from the US, spying on her home in Hyde.
He eventually broke in but inside was the woman's cousin who had popped round to feed her cat. READ MORE: 'Obsessive' stalker travelled 4,000 miles to confront ex after she dumped him then held her cousin hostage For three hours, armed with a hammer, he kept the woman imprisoned in the terraced property by barricading the front door with furniture and locking the back door, said GMP.
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