A Liverpool man who allegedly stabbed a man to steal his £60,000 watch is among seven men listed as the United Kingdom's most wanted fugitives.
Mark Francis Roberts, 29, is wanted for alleged grievous bodily harm and the attempted robbery of a man's £60,000 Richard Mille designer watch. Roberts, whose last known address was Freehold Street, Fairfield, attacked the victim along with a second man at around 1.30am on September 30, 2016 after he parked his car on his home driveway.
The victim refused to surrender his watch and was so badly injured he suffered life-threatening injuries and was treated in a critical care unit for puncture wounds, a collapsed lung and many cuts. The victim heard one of attackers say he'd cut himself, and Roberts' blood was later identified at the scene. He is thought to have links to Scotland as well as Spain.
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The National Crime Agency (NCA) has recently renewed an appeal to trace the most wanted fugitives. 12 months ago the agency appealed for help tracking down 13 men who had gone on the run - all believed to be hiding in Spain or with strong links to the country and the Canary Islands.
Six men have since been traced, arrested and are at various stages of extradition and judicial process. This includes David Ungi, who pleaded not guilty to the murder of Vinny Waddington, whose trial is scheduled for April 18 this year.
The NCA has renewed its appeal in conjunction with independent charity Crimestoppers, Spanish law enforcement and UK policing. A second local man has also been named among the agency's most wanted.
Ormskirk man John James Jones, 32, is wanted for wounding with intent. Jones allegedly stabbed two victims with a knife causing serious injuries during an attack outside the Horse Shoe Pub in April 2018.
It is believed he fled the UK in the immediate aftermath. There is information to show he stayed at a hotel in Madrid the night after the stabbings but left rapidly the next morning.
Steve Reynolds, NCA regional head in Spain, said: "Spain is immensely popular with British people who live and take holidays there, but it is not a safe haven for criminals. The NCA’s International Crime Bureau and International Liaison Officers work with foreign law enforcement on behalf of UK police forces to track and arrest criminals wherever they are in the world.
"It’s usual for fugitives to continue to commit crime while on the run and these men will be known in criminal circles wherever they are and some will be trying to blend in to the large British communities for whom Spain is home. You may know one of them from your town or village. Loyalties change over time and we urge anyone with information about these men to help us find them.
"The UK and Spain have a very strong law enforcement partnership and day-in day-out we work together to protect the public. This partnership has been crucial to many of the successes we have had so far in tracking down fugitives from justice in the UK.”
The wanted list also names Jack Mayle, 31, from Croydon, who is wanted on suspicion of supplying Class A drug MDMA, and Callum Michael Allan, 24, of South Shields, for 12 alleged offences including: possession with intent to supply heroin and cocaine, possession of cannabis, assaulting an emergency worker, affray and dangerous driving.
Alex Male, 30, of Weston-Super-Mare, is alleged to be a regional distributor of drugs across the south west of England, buying and selling drugs and managing other distributors who operated under his instruction using EncroChat. He is accused of conspiracy to supply cocaine and ketamine, money laundering and conspiracy to acquire a firearm.
Two men from Cardiff are wanted by South Wales Police for Class A drugs offences allegedly organised on EncroChat. Asim Naveed, 31, is accused of playing a leading role in a highly organised crime group (OCG) that trafficked 46 kilos of cocaine into Wales between February and June 2020, worth up to nearly £8m. Calvin Parris, 33, who has gold upper teeth, is accused of being a customer of Naveed’s OCG and selling cocaine on in Cardiff.
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