Turkish police catch sex attacker

Published : 18 Nov 2009 10:34:15

A Plymouth landlord who went on the run after he sexually assaulted two vulnerable teenage tenants has been arrested in Turkey.Alfred Palmer, 52, owner of letting agency Palmer and Co, was first arrested in 2005 for a number of sexual offences dating back to the mid 1980s. In 2006 he fled abroad with partner Daniel Tapper, 53. Palmer was jailed for five years and Tapper, a director of the agency, for three years, in their absence in 2007. The arrests follow an appeal on the BBC's Crimewatc.... read more