ONE of Britain's most wanted criminals who was arrested overseas is due to appear in Court today, police said.
Paedophile Stephen Burnell, 56, was tracked down in Crete earlier this month and was last night returned to the UK by North Yorkshire Police's Protecting Vulnerable Persons Unit.
In March 2007 Burnell, from Scunthorpe, was found guilty at York Crown Court of attempted rape, indecent assault on a female, indecency with a child and taking indecent photographs of a child.
He fled to Crete and was sentenced to six years in prison in his absence.
Burnell is due to appear at York Crown Court.
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