Connors
A convicted rapist who was being sought by the police in Northern Ireland after breaching the conditions of his probation has been arrested in Dublin.
Edward Connors was 15 when he twice raped an American tourist in the Colin Glen Forest in west Belfast four years ago.
He was arrested by Irish police (Garda) officers on Wednesday night.
Connors is due to appear in Dublin's Court of Criminal Justice later on Thursday.
He was arrested for failing to comply with section 10 of the Sexual Offenders Act 2001 to notify his name and address to the Garda.
It is understood the Police Service of Northern Ireland will seek his extradition to Northern Ireland.
Connors, now 19, was given an eight-year jail sentence for his rape and served four years.
He was due to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court earlier this month but did not turn up.
He was to answer a charge of breaching one of the conditions of his probation, in that on two occasions since last month he failed to "complete an individual programme of work to address his sexual offending."
Culled from BBC
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