Most Wanted murderer arrested

[20th November 2007]

James Hurley, Britain's Most Wanted man, has been arrested in Holland during a drugs raid after 13 years on the run.

Crimestoppers - Most Wanted man, James Hurley, arrestedHe was the only convicted murderer of a policeman in Britain who was still at large. He had been convicted of murdering Hertfordshire policeman, PC Francis Mason, in April 1988 during an armed robbery.

Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1989, Hurley escaped whilst being transferred to Wandsworth Prison in London in February 1994.

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John BARTON

Criminal

Offence: Drug crime

Convicted, in his absence, of conspiring to import of heroin into the UK.

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