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Paedophile Michael McCartney jailed for extra year | |
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One of Britain's most wanted criminals, a paedophile who fled to Spain, has had a year added to his sentence. | |
Michael McCartney, 78, from Letchworth in Hertfordshire, was convicted of 11 sexual offences in March and jailed for eight years. | |
He was arrested in Alicante on 14 November and extradited on the orders of a Spanish high court judge. | He was arrested in Alicante on 14 November and extradited on the orders of a Spanish high court judge. |
A judge at Cambridge Crown Court sentenced him to a further 12 months imprisonment. | |
McCartney was arrested after the National Crime Agency released a list of 13 men it wanted to trace. | McCartney was arrested after the National Crime Agency released a list of 13 men it wanted to trace. |
He had been convicted at Cambridge Crown Court of nine counts of indecent assault against three boys under the age of 16 in Letchworth between 1989 and 2006. | He had been convicted at Cambridge Crown Court of nine counts of indecent assault against three boys under the age of 16 in Letchworth between 1989 and 2006. |
He was also convicted of one offence of gross indecency and one of sexual activity with a child. | He was also convicted of one offence of gross indecency and one of sexual activity with a child. |
He was due to be sentenced in April but failed to attend at Cambridge Crown Court. | |
The offences involved him grooming young boys, buying things their parents could not afford and gaining their trust before assaulting them, the court was told during his trial. | The offences involved him grooming young boys, buying things their parents could not afford and gaining their trust before assaulting them, the court was told during his trial. |
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