The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

Britain’s top 10 most wanted criminals

hiding: Fugitives thought to be in Spain

- margaret davis

Jamie Acourt, 40, from London, was allegedly part of a cannabis-dealing gang between January 2014 and February 2016. Acourt is a suspect in the 1993 racist murder of Stephen Lawrence.

Shane O’Brien, 28, is accused of murdering 21-year-old Josh Hanson in an unprovoked knife attack in a bar in London in October 2015.

Suspected fraudster Mark Acklom, 43, from London, allegedly posed as a Swiss banker and an MI6 agent as he fleeced a woman whom he said he would marry out of £850,000.

Jonathan Kelly, 36, from Glasgow, who paralysed one victim in a machete attack, is wanted after going on the run when he was released on licence in 2014. He has conviction­s for a string of violent crimes.

Suspected paedophile Steven Carruthers, 43, from Greater Manchester, is wanted after officers found more than 5,000 obscene images of children on his computer. He was interviewe­d after police raided his home in Cumbria in March 2014 and denied committing any crimes, then went on the run when he was released on bail.

Sarah Panitzke, 42, from Fulford, North Yorkshire, laundered £1 billion as part of a massive tax fraud. She went on the run in May 2013 before the end of her trial for conspiracy to acquire criminal property, and in her absence was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Dominic McInally, 25, from Liverpool is allegedly the boss of a cocaine-dealing gang that pulled in £1.25 million per month.

Mark Quinn, 52, of Liverpool, is wanted for allegedly being involved in a drug dealing gang that made, smuggled and sold amphetamin­e with a street value of more than £11 million between August 2013 and April 2014.

Suspected drug dealer Simon McGuffie, 41, from Liverpool is accused of being part of a Merseyside drugs gang.

Matthew Sammon, 45, from south London, is wanted on suspicion of making and possessing indecent photograph­s of children. He was arrested and questioned in April 2014, but went on the run when he was released on bail.

 ??  ?? Matthew Sammon.
Matthew Sammon.
 ??  ?? Jamie Acourt.
Jamie Acourt.
 ??  ?? Jonathan Kelly.
Jonathan Kelly.
 ??  ?? Sarah Panitzke.
Sarah Panitzke.
 ??  ?? Simon McGuffie.
Simon McGuffie.
 ??  ?? Shane O’Brien.
Shane O’Brien.
 ??  ?? Mark Quinn.
Mark Quinn.
 ??  ?? Dominic McInally.
Dominic McInally.
 ??  ?? Mark Acklom.
Mark Acklom.
 ??  ?? Steven Carruthers.
Steven Carruthers.

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