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Julian Myerscough child abuse images case: Man who fled court 'in Ireland' Julian Myerscough child abuse images case: Arrest in Ireland
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A former law lecturer who fled from court before a jury convicted him in connection with images of child abuse may be in Ireland, police have said A former law lecturer, who fled from court before a jury convicted him in connection with images of child abuse, has been arrested in Dublin.
Julian Myerscough, 53, from Suffolk, absconded from Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday while the jury was reaching its verdicts. Julian Myerscough, 53, from Suffolk, absconded from Ipswich Crown Court on Wednesday while the jury was considering its verdicts.
He was thought to have got on the Ipswich to London train, and police alerted ports and airports. A European arrest warrant was issued at the crown court on Thursday.
A European arrest warrant was issued at the crown court. The Irish police and the UK National Crime Agency are now arranging to bring Myerscough back to Britain.
The former University of East Anglia academic, of Alexandra Road, Lowestoft, was first convicted of similar offences and jailed for 15 months in 2010. Myerscough, of Alexandra Road, Lowestoft was found guilty on Wednesday of 16 offences of making indecent images of children and breaching a sexual offences prevention order.
Ferry trip The former University of East Anglia academic was given the order when he was sentenced in 2010 for similar indecent images offences for which he also received a 15-month jail term.
He had been standing trial again, facing 16 charges of downloading indecent images of children and breaching a sexual offences prevention order. Police believe he boarded the 13:43 BST train from Ipswich towards London on Wednesday. He travelled across the Irish Sea by ferry.
He was believed to have boarded the 13:43 BST train from Ipswich on Wednesday, which stopped at Manningtree, Colchester, Chelmsford, Stratford and Liverpool Street, police said. Suffolk Police said he had been detained in Dublin.
British Transport Police met the train at Liverpool Street, but found no trace of him.
A Suffolk Police spokesman said Myerscough was believed to have caught a ferry across the Irish Sea and the UK's National Crime Agency was now working with the Garda to catch him.
Myerscough, who had been granted bail during his trial, is white, 6ft 2in (187cm) tall and with greying hair.