First British fugitive caught after Crimestoppers poster released: Paedophile arrested in Fuengirola
Sunday, October 23, 2016 @ 7:04 PM
ONE of Britain's most-wanted escaped criminals has been found, barely 48 hours after the latest Crimestoppers list was released in Spain.
Suspected paedophile Matthew Sammon was caught in Fuengirola (Málaga province) and will be deported to the UK, where he is facing a 15-year jail sentence for possession, creation and distribution of child pornography footage.
The 45-year-old Londoner was living in a caravan in the Costa del Sol town.
He was remanded in custody two years ago after British police confiscated computers, hard drives and USB memory sticks containing photos he had taken between 2012 and 2014.
The maximum sentence for creating child pornography images in the UK is 10 years, and the maximum for possession is five years.
Other British fugitives on the list include rapists, murderers, drug-dealers, and other paedophiles.
The poster, complete with colour photographs of the suspects, is part of the annual Operation Capture campaign in which the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) and the charity Crimestoppers seek to enlist the help of British expatriates in Spain to help them find escaped criminals.
Read more at thinkSPAIN.com