A dangerous fugitive who has been on the run since September has been taunting police on Facebook by posting pictures of him opening an advent calendar.
Lee Mapstone, 36, who is wanted for kidnap and robbery offences, posted a photo of himself holding up a Peppa Pig advent calendar with the first two flaps opened.
In another brazen move, he also sent officers a personalised Christmas Card as he was ‘100% confident’ they will not arrest him.
Brazen: Lee Mapstone, 36, has taunted police with pictures of him holding an advent calendar
In the card sent to Wiltshire Police, the fugitive wrote: ‘I hope you have a very merry Christmas because I certainly will be mate. Any ways got things to do.’
The outlaw signed the card ‘from ya pal Lee Mapstone’, and enclosed a postcard of London.
MailOnline has approached Wiltshire Police for comment.
This comes after Mapstone goaded cops by posting ‘holiday snaps’ of his visits to London tourist spots while on the run.
In another brazen move, he also sent officers a personalised Christmas Card as he was ‘100% confident’ they will not arrest him
In the card sent to an officer at Wiltshire Police, the fugitive wrote: ‘I hope you have a very merry Christmas because I certainly will be mate. Any ways got things to do’
In November, Mapstone taunted officers with photos of Buckingham Palace, The Ritz Hotel and other London tourist spots during ‘day trips’ on Facebook.
The criminal even took a photo outside London’s Paddington Green Police Station and said: ‘Was going to hand myself in but had change of heart.’
He mocked police officers by saying they were ‘sh*t at hide and seek.’
His campaign continued last night as he returned to the capital after posting pictures of a flying weekend visit to his Swindon home town.
He snapped a road sign for a police station and wrote: ‘Well was in Swindon yesterday with Brenden Mooney and just to let them know I done a flying visit and took these on the way back to London f*ck the police.’
At the time, Wiltshire Police admitted intelligence showed he ‘may now be in London’ as he remained on the run for kidnap and robbery offences since September 25.
Fugitive Lee Mapstone has posted a series of mocking pictures while on the run from police. He took a picture of a doughnut shop alongside a foul-mouthed message to officers
Mapstone, 36, has goaded officers with photos of Buckingham Palace, The Ritz Hotel and other London tourist spots during ‘day trips’ on Facebook
Mapstone (right) is wanted for robbery and kidnap. In November he posted a picture from his flying weekend visit to his Swindon home town (left)
He took a picture of officers in London and added a foul-mouthed caption teasing officers for not being able to catch him
He was also wanted on recall to prison for breaching his licence for grievous bodily harm and burglary two years ago.
On November 10 he posted a photo of the front of Paddington Green Police Station and said: ‘Was going to hand my self in but had change of heart see u later boys’.
Five days later Mapstone shared a snap of six uniformed officers standing next to marked motorbikes saying ‘all they do is eat doughnuts and drink coffee’.
Later that day he shared a picture of an armed police officer he called ‘a barbie girl’.
Friends encouraged him on as he they called him ‘soppy’ for posting holiday snaps of Christmas lights near Oxford Street the following evening.
Brazen Mapstone posted a picture outside the Ritz in Mayfair, titled with, ‘I love this place’
While on the run Mapstone has made the most of his freedom, even posting pictures from Oxford Street captioned with: ‘Quite nice lol’
Mapstone took a picture of an armed officer in central London and mocked the policeman
The criminal even took a photo outside London’s Paddington Green Police Station and said: ‘Was going to hand myself in but had change of heart’
He has shared links to news stories about him mocking police telling his followers: ‘They are sh*t at hide and seek I will keep running lol.
‘It’s all fun and games for me lol.’
Under a picture of China Town, he said: ‘Avin a great time in London this is China town wicked place love it.
‘Being on the run seeing all this safe bro.’
The fugitive later told police to ‘watch this space’ as he revealed plans to visit the Eiffel Tower and enjoy Christmas while on the run.
Sharing a selfie of himself in the ‘can’t see me pose’ by WWE wrestler John Cena, he said: ‘They are just a bunch of idiots.
‘I could do their job ten times better than them.
‘Of course I could catch someone like myself – all the information I’ve put on and they can’t get me.
‘They’ve only got to go to certain places in London and I’ll be on my tees running from them.’
On another picture of a police officer, the fugitive captioned it: ‘Thick c*** lol’
Arrogant: Mapstone has documented his journeys on Facebook and has frequently mocked police
The wanted man added: ‘I say hello to them and everything and they walk past me.
‘I’ve been telling the police I’m in London.’
On his future plans and asked if he would visit Eiffel Tower, he said: ‘If I had the money I would do that.
‘Me and my mates are deciding what to do next.
‘I didn’t know it would be growing to get this big and it’s just blown up. I like it, it’s big now and that’s why we are doing more and more.
‘It proves the police are not doing their jobs. It proves that that they are just idiots, how many chances have they had to get me.’
Mapstone claimed officers had even asked him to ‘politely’ hand himself in over the phone in October.
‘One copper phoned me and asked me would I be prepared to hand myself in and I said not at the moment.
‘And he said to me, “when are you available” and I said, “I could be after Christmas”.
‘He’s an idiot, I don’t know if he thought I was ever going to, I obviously wasn’t.
‘I will go finally hand myself in if they don’t get me before but it’s going to be on my terms.’