British fugitive suspected of hitting two gendarmes arrested in Belgium

Two gendarmes were injured, one seriously, after a hit and run Thursday, August 25 near Guéret. The suspect, identified as a Briton well known in England for scams and recently at the center of a Netflix documentary, had vanished.

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The 52-year-old man suspected of having run into two gendarmes on Thursday August 25 in Vidaillat in Creuse was arrested on Friday September 2 in Belgium, franceinfo learned from concordant sources.

>> Mythomane, convicted crook in England, subject of a Netflix documentary … What we know about the man who attacked two gendarmes in Creuse

The fugitive, identified as a Briton well known in England for scams and recently at the center of a Netflix documentary, had vanished after hitting gendarmes accompanying the prefecture during a check on a clandestine dog breeding in his home.

Investigators were looking for possible drop points in the area. During the search of his home, they found
new telephones with prepaid cards.


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