'Why was Flint taxi driver who fled country allowed to keep his passport during rape trial?'
MP David Hanson has written to the Justice Secretary to ask why a rapist was allowed to keep his passport and skip Britain midway through his trial.
Taxi driver Sultan Amari , 46 of Chester Road, Flint, emailed Warrington Crown Court at the weekend to say he would not be returning, before boarding a plane to Istanbul on Sunday night.
The last time he attended court was on Friday when he was halfway through giving evidence.
He was sentenced in his absence on Tuesday to 11 years in jail for two counts of rape against a student at a house he owned on Sealand Road, Chester, on July 11 last... read more
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