Richard John Ramsey Burrows, aged 80, has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after evading capture for 27 years. He was charged with serious sexual assault and indecent assault related to historical child abuse. Burrows failed to appear for trial in 1997 and has been on the run since then. He was detained upon his return to the UK from Thailand.
One of the UK's 'most wanted' fugitives has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after 27 years on the run. Richard John Ramsey Burrows, now aged 80, failed to turn up for a trial at Chester Crown Court in December 1997. He had been charged with two counts of serious sexual assault and 11 counts of indecent assault related to the historical 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, Cheshire, while others were alleged to have happened in Hartlebury, Worcestershire. Last Thursday, he was detained at Heathrow Airport having returned to the UK from Thailand
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