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	Gardai have arrested a convicted sex attacker wanted by British authorities.</p>
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	Mian Mujahid Ali Shahid (19) was arrested by gardai at Dublin Airport last night as he boarded a flight to Dubai.</p>
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	The arrest took place at 10.40pm.</p>
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	He is detained at Clontarf Garda Station and is expected to appear before a special sitting of the High Court later today.</p>
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	Gardai received a request for assistance in tracing Al Shahid from police in the UK and received a European Arrest Warrant.</p>
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	It was believed he travelled to Ireland from Scotland earlier this year where he had been living temporarily.</p>
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	He was last seen in the Foynes area of Limerick on August 11th.</p>
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	Garda&iacute; issued an appeal to the public for assistance last Thursday when exhaustive enquiries over a ten day period had failed to locate Shahid.</p>
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	The Sex Offender Management and intelligence Unit is responsible for the monitoring of convicted sex offenders on a national basis in conjunction with local Garda&iacute; and works closely with other European Police authorities, including the UK, with regard to transient sex offenders.</p>
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	Pakistani national Al Shahid was convicted in his absence at Stafford Crown Court in April of two counts of sexual assault on an 18-year-old woman.</p>
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	Shahid is just the latest sex offender to abscond to Ireland from the UK.</p>
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	Last April, garda&iacute; were involved in a manhunt for Ryan Humpage (18) who had spent some time in Sligo and Kildare that month after travelling here from Lancashire, England.</p>
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	Humpage was arrested by the PSNI in May in Belfast and was jailed for 18 months earlier this month for having sex with a 13-year-old schoolgirl four times.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/gardai-arrest-ontherun-convicted-sex-offender-as-he-boards-flight-to-dubai-31493027.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/gardai-arrest-ontherun-convicted-sex-offender-as-he-boards-flight-to-dubai-31493027.html</a></p>
