Absolutely correct, the European Arrest Warrant related to a sexual assault on a minor. In 2017 he had been on the run for about four years for that one.
The indecent assault in the playground in Messines was very much a 'stand alone case' in which he was probably 'rescued' from irate parents more than arrested on the spot, by an off duty police officer.
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I'm sure this is all very interesting, but not particularly helpful.
Having been cleared of a slew of spurious charges, he should be out after Christmas, which was not HCW's plan at all.
But the desperation to convict him, keep him in clink and add weight to his opinion that CB snatched / killed MM, has left his strategy in irrevocable tatters. It was a Hail Mary; a swing for the bleachers that foundered even before it got going, with one judge incredulous at the paucity, neigh absence, of evidence.
Now? Well, he's burnt his strawman. There can only be one. HCW can't now conjure another one, that horse is two fields away. Really, if he has a scintilla of either dignity or honour, he should resign, sell his belongings, leave his broken life behind, change his identity and book a one way trip to Ice Station Zebra.
Where does this leave the case? Well amateur sleuths are rallying as we speak to follow up on Bernt Stellander's 'X' marks the spot, so that should be fun watching that pan out.
The 2nd James English podcast will no doubt pour further gasoline on HCW's pursuit of CB, with the septic sceptic brigade coming out in their droves to put their collective weight behind this new messiah; the latest self-proclaimed detective to crack the case. They'll be out there digging through scrub on a non-descript hill just outside Luz, with the GNR frantically trying to keep order and banish the ghouls from MM's prospective resting place.
Sit back, pour yourselves a vinho verde and watch the latest episode in the longest running charade since Lionel Blair's run on Give Us a Clue.
