A British man who spent almost 20 years as a fugitive in the US has been jailed for five years after admitting the theft of a security van containing £1.2 million.
Eddie Maher – known as "Fast Eddie" – had been wanted by Suffolk Police after the Securicor van he was driving disappeared from outside a Lloyds Bank branch in Felixstowe on January 22, 1993.
The 57-year-old, originally from South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, was arrested by US authorities in February last year.
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