A drug dealer who's been hunted by police for a decade has finally been caught and appeared in Liverpool Crown Court yesterday, September 26. Mark Deary, from West Derby, was caught in 2011 when his home was sprayed with bullets and he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply.
However, he then vanished and skipped bail in the lead up to his sentence date, which was meant to go ahead on January 12, 2012 and has been on the run since. An arrest warrant was issued but Deary was ultimately sentenced to seven years in prison while he was absent, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Only earlier this month, Deary, now 43, was named by Merseyside Police who are working on 'Operation Hunted', in an appeal for any information regarding his whereabouts, along with five other fugitives who have been missing for years. Following this appeal, Deary was tracked down and appeared in Liverpool Crown court yesterday.
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