The incident took place at about 5am on the East Lancs Road in Swinton. The woman escaped when her screams disturbed a neighbour who put on his house light and called police. The suspect was pictured on CCTV at the Total garage near the junction of the dual carriageway and Worsley Road. Moments earlier he had passed the woman who was pushing her bike along the main road towards Manchester. Police received information after a media appeal and swooped on a house in the Salford area. They established that the suspect had left the country and was on the way to Singapore.
Suspect was caught on CCTV
Det Chief Insp Jon Chadwick said,
We have no extradition treaty with Singapore. He was on a plane to Singapore but we do not know if he has continued on to another country. If he can be located it is up to the authorities in Singapore to detain him and return him - but they don't have to do that. We have alerted Interpol but so far we have had no response. If he can be found we would have to apply for an extradition warrant which could be very time-consuming.
Makes one wonder why he chose Singapore. Maybe he heard abouit how anyone who can afford a ticket can just fly in, become an instant FT, find a job or start a consultancy and hide from the law. Hope ICA stops the bastard and send him back to face justice.
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