Lawrence Soper: Kosovo sends accused ex-priest back to UK

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

A former Catholic priest accused of historical sex offences has been returned to Britain from Kosovo after a five-year police hunt.

Lawrence Soper, 72, was arrested as he arrived at Luton Airport on Sunday on suspicion of nine offences of sexual assault allegedly committed over a period from 1972 to 1986.

Mr Soper had been detained in May under a European Arrest Warrant in Kosovo.

He is now being held in custody at a west London police station.

Mr Soper was arrested in 2010 and bailed, but failed to return to a London police station in March 2011.

A European Arrest Warrant was issued for him in 2012.

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