An ex-paratrooper who served alongside Prince Harry has handed himself into police after going on the run for two weeks following his conviction for child rape.
Wayne Domeney, 51, who also trained Prince William, was being hunted by police so he could be sentenced for a string of sex offences spanning a four-year period.
He disappeared following his conviction earlier this month but gave himself up following a high-profile manhunt.
The former soldier, of Consett, County Durham, handed himself into a police station in Basingstoke on Friday night after an arrest warrant was issued.
Wayne Domeney (pictured with Prince Charles) handed himself into a police station in Basingtoke after two weeks on the run
Domeney was found guilty of 13 offences at Birmingham Crown Court on February 2 after his trial went ahead without him in his absence.
He had been on bail but failed to turn up for the hearing and was thought to have fled to the North East of England where he has family.
Domeney, also known as Wayne Rackham, was convicted of four counts of rape on a young girl and three counts of assaulting a girl by penetration while he lived in Bedworth, Warwarkshire.
During a career spanning almost 25 years, Domeney (pictured) served with the prestigious 2 Para and took Princess Diana on a tour of Bosnian minefields
He was also found guilty of three counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity and one count of intimidating a witness.
On Monday, Domeney, wearing grey tracksuit and sporting a beard, appeared at Warwick Crown Court.
Recorder Anupama Thompson remanded him into custody and told him he would be transferred to Birmingham Crown Court for sentencing at a later date.
She told him: ‘You are going to be remanded in custody to appear before Judge Montgomery, who dealt with your trial in your absence.
‘She will also deal with any matters with regard to your failure to attend your trial.’
Martin Groves, defending, said: ‘He says he gave himself up at Basingstoke police station of Friday. He will now need to go before Judge Montgomery at Birmingham Crown Court.’
The court heard Domeney had previously breached bail in 2016 when he fled to the Isle of Wight to live with a woman instead of living with his brother in County Durham.
Domeney (circled) signed up to the Army in 1985 and became a Warrant Officer Sergeant Major, touring Iraq and Afghanistan as well as serving in Northern Ireland
The 51-year-old (circled) was found guilty of 13 offences at Birmingham Crown Court on February 2 after his trial went ahead without him when he failed to show up
During a career spanning almost 25 years, Domeney served with 2 Para, took Princess Diana on a tour of Bosnian minefields and also met and was pictured with Prince Charles.
Domeney signed up to the Army in 1985 and became a Warrant Officer Sergeant Major, touring Iraq and Afghanistan as well as serving in Northern Ireland.
He met Prince Charles during a Colours Parade and boasted that he ‘always remembered me’ and drank pints of Guinness with him.
In an interview last September, Domeney said: ‘He knew I was the boxing champ. I said, ‘We’ve got two pints of Guinness, will you toast the regiment?’ So he stayed for a few pints.
‘We were joking about his posh voice so he put on a cockney accent. He was having a good time. I met him after at events and he always remembered me.’
Domeney also claimed he trained Prince William, and said he was ‘down to earth’. He also claimed to have served alongside Prince Harry in Afghanistan, describing him as ‘one of the lads’.
Domeney boasted about training Prince William (left), describing him as ‘down to earth’, and said Prince Harry (right) was ‘sound, one of the lads’ during their time together in Afghanistan
The pervert’s royal connections also stretched to the princes’ mother Diana, whom he escorted through Bosnia as she visited minefields in 1997.
Reminiscing about the time he spent with her, Domeney said she was ‘very determined’ about her charity work and ‘wanted to know what it was really like’.
In 2009, the year he left the British Army, the former boxing champion was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
In September, he called on the Government to do more to help former soldiers with PTSD and told how he served with Prince Harry in Afghanistan.
The pervert’s royal connections also stretched to the princes’ mother Diana, whom he escorted through Bosnia as she visited those affected by minefields
A year after leaving the Armed Forces, he ended up working at a school in Warwickshire, covering behaviour management.
Speaking about his time at the school to the Mirror, he said: ‘Some say they were naughty kids but they just struggled. I’d tell them Army stories and they loved it.’
His marriage ended in 2014, after the allegations against him came to light, he left his job at the school and ended up sleeping rough in woodland using his military survival skills to stay alive.
In 2009, the year he left the British Army, Domeney (pictured) was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder