Killed in Portugal, fled for a year and a half, was now caught in Spain

William Hunter was sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of Elliot Mulligar. Crime was in Albufeira for over 3 years.

William Hunter we Elliot Mulligan in an apartment in Albufeira, More than 3 years ago, more precisely in April 2022. He stabbed to death Elliot, who was his roommate.

Already the following year, 2023, the Briton was sentenced to 16 years in prison. He appealed the sentence and, while waiting, was released under bail in April 2024; He had reached the imprisonment time for pre -trial prison.

But William did not respect the rules of bail – and fled. Then one started a “manhunt”a great police persecution involving several agencies, describes the.

At 34, it was detained in Spain. The United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) reported that Hunter was arrested by Spanish civil guard agents in Alicante, last week.

The escape lasted almost a year and a half, were 17 months to escape the police.

Portuguese authorities will now look for the extradition of the killer so that he can serve the rest of his sentence in Portugal.

The operation was coordinated among the NCA police, the Spain Civil Guard, the Portuguese Judicial Police and the Merseyside police.

Hunter remains stuck in Spain while the extradition process takes place.