Dramatic moment dangerous fugitive is caught on ferry trying to flee UK after three-hour hostage horror
This 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.
READ MORE: 'Obsessive' stalker travelled 4,000 miles to confront ex after she dumped him then held her cousin hostage But GMP had issued an alert to all forces and when he arrived in Dublin, The Garda refused him entry to Ireland. They then escorted him on a ferry back to Holyhead. Footage shows GMP officers on the boat taking him from Garda officers.
He also said to detectives that he did not make the woman aware he was coming to the UK and he acknowledged he had repeatedly harassed and stalked her online. He will serve two-thirds of his seven year sentence in jail, before the Parole Board decide whether it is safe to release him. The judge said Best's actions 'impacted on every aspect of her personal existence'.
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