British National was arrested today at the Gibraltar airport on suspicion of obtaining property and services by deception and theft.J. K. born in Rainhill on 16/7/1947 had been flown back to Gibraltar escorted by RGP officers after a European Arrest Warrant obtained in Gibraltar in 2007 was executed in the UK in June 2008 and was arrested by RGP Financial Crime Unit officers on arrival. The whereabouts of J. K. were discovered after extensive enquiries in the UK revealed that he was serving a prison sentence in relation to a car he had stolen in the UK and which had been seized by RGP Financial Crime Unit officers in October 2007. The case for which he has been extradited dates back to September 2007 when J. K., posing as a wealthy property investor, stayed at a top local hotel running up a large bill by deceiving the hotel with regards to his ability to pay. He also befriended a local businessman and similarly obtained property to the value of over £30,000, including a high value car, which was later recovered in Spain, by playing a similar deception over a period of two weeks. J. K. has been charged with one count of obtaining services by deception, two counts of obtaining property by deception and two counts of theft, and will appear at Magistrates Court on Monday morning.
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