'Most wanted' man arrested at airport after 27 YEARS on the run
manchestereveningnews.co.ukOne of the UK's 'most wanted' fugitives has been arrested at an airport after 27 years on the run. Richard Burrows, now aged 80, failed to turn up for a trial at Chester Crown Court in the late 1990's.
He had been charged with two counts of buggery and 11 counts of indecent assault. The charges related to the historic abuse of children alleged to have happened between 1969 and 1971, Cheshire Police said.
Some were reported to have happened in a children's home in Congleton, while others were alleged to have happened in the West Midlands. READ NEXT: Manchester man arrested in connection with horror crash after BMW hits pedestrian Since then, Burrows - whose full name is Richard John Ramsey Burrows - has been on the run.
Extensive enquiries were carried out over the years, with him being listed as being among national crime charity Crimestoppers' most wanted people in the UK.
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