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William Hunter stabbed his roommate 24 times in 2022 and fled, triggering a three-year manhunt before his arrest in Spain and pending extradition to Portugal.
- On September 15, Guardia Civil officers in Alicante arrested William Hunter, 34, working with the NCA and Portugal's Polícia Judiciária, as he faces extradition for murder in Portugal.
- Prosecutors say Hunter stabbed his housemate 24 times in April 2022 after the victim tried to flee through a window but later died from his injuries.
- NCA intelligence led Guardia Civil officers to Alicante last week, enabling the arrest after investigators at the Albufeira scene found hidden narcotics complicating the inquiry.
- He remains in custody in Spain while extradition proceedings to Portugal continue, with authorities saying relatives and an organised criminal network helped hide him.
- The joint investigation underscores cross-border police cooperation across Spain, the UK and Portugal, ending 17 months of evasion and highlighting daily cross-border intelligence exchange.
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Officials of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard arrested on 15 September in Benidorm (Alicante, 359,000 inhabitants) William Hunter, a 34-year-old British citizen wanted by Portugal for stabbing a 22-year-old compatriot, Elliot Mulligan, in the apartment they shared in a luxury complex in Albufeira, a tourist town in the Algarve, according to the armed institute on Thursday.
Wanted murderer who stabbed roommate to death arrested in Spain following manhunt
A man who has been on the run 17 months after stabbing a British national to death has been arrested by Spanish police. Footage shared by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday (25 September), shows William Hunter, 34 leaving an apartment in Alicante before Guardia Civil officers swoop in on him and tackle him to the ground. He will now be extradited to Portugal to serve a 16-year prison sentence for the murder of his roommate Elliot Mullig…
Fugitive Brit living among expats arrested
A British fugitive wanted for the brutal stabbing of his flatmate in Portugal has been captured in Alicante province, according to Guardia Civil on Thursday September 25. The man, who had been on the run since April 2022, was accused of killing his housemate with 24 knife wounds in their shared apartment in the Algarve. The victim desperately tried to flee through a window but later died from… Source
Moment Brit who stabbed roommate dead is arrested in Spain after 17-month hunt - The Mirror
William Hunter, 34, stabbed his roommate to death in the Algarve, Portugal in 2022 before fleeing, sparking a massive manhunt involving police forces in Spain, Portugal and the UK
The Spanish Civil Guard disclosed images of William Hunter's detention, the Britishman who, in April 2022, killed his 22-year-old roommate, Elliot Mulligan, in Albufeira's apartment in Algarve, and who is suspected of several violent agents, including the Ourives of Esposde, in Braga district. The British citizen, too, had been fleeing for 17 months. In addition to the suspects, he was sentenced to a European detention warrant issued by the Cour…
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