British man who has spent a decade on the run is arrested

A British man who has spent a decade on the run has been arrested on suspicion of mowing down a Spanish police officer.

The 42-year-old was detained on a European Arrest Warrant in a village near the scene of the incident in the border town of La Linea opposite Gibraltar.

Officers revealed he had been on the run for a decade and was using a fake driving licence and false ID in the name of another person when he was held.

The 42-year-old, who has not been named and has been identified only by his initials A.J.L, is expected to be remanded in custody after going before an investigating judge.

A spokesman for the Civil Guard in the Spanish port city of Algeciras, which made the arrest, said they found several vehicles used by the suspect to avoid being detected ahead of the detention after being given a tip-off about the areas he could be living in.

He was held at a police checkpoint on Saturday.

Full details of the 2007 incident involving the office who was run over – a local police officer employed by La Linea town hall – have not been revealed but he is understood to have been badly injured.