Sarah Panitzke: Last News

One of the UK's most wanted fugitives is starting a prison sentence after spending nine years on the run. Sarah Panitzke appeared in court for her role in a multimillion-pound VAT fraud after she was arrested in Spain and extradited back to the UK.

"Most Wanted" woman is due to be flown back to the UK in the next few days after losing her fight against extradition.Sarah Panitzke had requested Spanish judges to reject a UK extradition application, which would have seen her serve her eight-year prison sentence over a multi-million pound VAT fraud in Spain. However judges rejected the appeal and the woman is now serving her final days in prison near Madrid before beginning her jail term in Britain, Mail Online reports.

One of the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain.

These are the people listed as Most Wanted by the NCA as of October 9.Costas Sampson was convicted of raping a girl he met at a nightclub in London in February 2010.The girl was taken unwell after accepting a drink from a stranger, and Sampson and a friend offered to take her home.Sampson, a Cypriot national, told one of the girl’s friends that he was a medical expert.He later raped the girl at her flat while she was incapacitated.Sampson was also convicted of stealing her mobile phone, plus her flatmate’s laptop and games console.Sarah Panitzke is wanted by HMRC for conspiracy to acquire criminal property.Panitzke was a senior member of a crime group involved in a VAT fraud.She controlled the company accounts of many companies remotely via