Michael McCartney was sentenced to
eight years in prison in his absence
One of Britain's most wanted criminals, convicted paedophile Michael McCartney, has been extradited to the UK after fleeing to Spain.
McCartney, 78, from Letchworth in Hertfordshire, was convicted of 11 sexual offences in March and jailed for eight years.
He was arrested in Alicante on 14 November and extradited on the orders of a Spanish high court judge.
McCartney is due to appear before Cambridge Crown Court.
McCartney was arrested after the National Crime Agency released a list of 13 men it wanted to trace.
He had been convicted at Cambridge Crown Court of nine counts of indecent assault against three boys under the age of 16 in Letchworth between 1989 and 2006.
He was also convicted of one offence of gross indecency and one of sexual activity with a child.
The offences involved him grooming young boys, buying things their parents could not afford and gaining their trust before assaulting them, the court was told during his trial.
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