21 Mar, 2018 @ 11:37
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British fugitive pensioner in Spain extradited to UK to face rape charges

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A BRITISH pensioner has been extradited to the UK to stand trial for rape. 

Jeffrey Waite, 65, from Hartlepool, is due to appear at Teeside Magistrates’ Court this morning.

He was picked up in Spain after fleeing here in 2016 and was extradited to the UK.

It came after British authorities issued a European Arrest Warrant after he failed to appear for trial in August 2016.

A spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said: “65-year-old Jeffrey Waite, originally from the Hartlepool area, will appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court this morning, Wednesday, March 21, charged with rape.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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