Wednesday 1 June 2016

Former TV Host Accused Of Attempted Murder Caught After 17 Years On The Run


Story out of West Sussex, England:

Australian Roberto Saenz de Heredia, 47, who was detained at Gatwick Airport, was charged with attempted murder in 1998 after he allegedly sent a parcel bomb to the Sydney home of Simone Farrow – a former Penthouse model turned meth-dealing king-pin.

De Heredia, who had been hiding in Spain, used a fake passport to travel to the UK to visit his mum and sister.

The Sunday Telegraph reports that he was arrested at the London airport on April 27, when police uncovered his secret identify, and is now being held in a British jail where he faces extradition to his native Australia.

In 1998, the telly star, who worked for cable shopping network Foxtel, allegedly sent a package containing an explosive device in the post to beauty Simone - who also used the surnames Cheung and Starr - and her bodybuilder boyfriend Brett Boyd.

A Sydney court heard how de Heredia fell out with the pair over an $80,000 loan which they intended to use to fund a “sex website”.

Muscle bound Boyd, who was 29 at the time, opened the shrapnel loaded parcel which exploded in his face throwing him 80 metres across the room. Cont.

Story from - The Sun
Image from - Wikipedia
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