A NOTTS fugitive who fled to Pakistan after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving 10 years ago has been re-arrested as he returned to the UK.
Naeem Imran Rashid will appear at Nottingham Crown Court today over the death of a 19-year-old, killed in a car crash.
The 34-year-old became the first person from the county whose mugshot was featured on an FBI-style Most Wanted website.
Rashid, formerly of Newstead Grove, Arboretum, pleaded guilty in April 2001 to causing death by dangerous driving.
His Peugeot 405 had ploughed into the back of a Rover in Wollaton in June 2000. Nadeep Singh Walia, 19, a front-seat passenger in the Rover, was killed and six other people injured.
The court heard that Rashid was over the drink-drive limit.
But he failed to appear for sentencing at Nottingham Crown Court in August 2001 and was believed to have fled to Pakistan.
A decade after his initial arrest, he was last night re-arrested at Manchester Airport.
Notts Police said they had worked with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, the British High Commission in Islamabad, the Crown Prosecution Service and Rashid's own family to bring him back to the UK to serve his sentence.
The victim's family has been informed of the arrest.
Detective Inspector Stuart Kinton, of Notts Police, said: "We are pleased that this complex and protracted process has finally come to an end.
"Notts Police never gave up their efforts to locate and bring this man back to the UK to face his punishment.
"Now, finally perhaps, Mr Walia's family and friends can have some closure on the tragic events of June 2000."
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