Fugitive ‘war hero’ caught at last ~ Debt Managements and Consolidation

Police have found a man who disappeared after being arrested on suspicion of fraud as he walked around the British coast claiming he was raising money for Help for Heroes.

Last month DMT reported how 34-year-old Matthew Brown was arrested in Newquay, Cornwall, in November after claiming he was walking the length of the British coastline for charity. Brown was bailed until May 5 by Devon and Cornwall police while officers investigated his claims. The date was extended to Tuesday last week but he failed to appear.Devon and Cornwall police said on Monday Brown had been located in Scotland and summonsed to appear before Bodmin magistrates on June 14. He has not yet been charged with an offence.The 34-year-old gave numerous interviews about his quest to walk the 10,500 miles around the coast of the UK and Ireland to raise funds for wounded veterans of Britain's current conflicts.He told reporters he was a war veteran helicopter pilot who had rescued 88 comrades on one of his six tours of duty in Afghanistan. He claimed to have served in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Bosnia and to have flown Lynx and Apache helicopters.The Ministry of Defence said his service was limited to 38 days with the Territorial Army.Brown had previously boasted that he had rescued 88 comrades on one of his six tours of Afghanistan and also claimed he had served in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Bosnia.He had repeatedly claimed to have served 22 years in the forces despite his age, and had claimed to have operated under heavy gunfire to save the lives of wounded men. But the Ministry of Defence confirmed that his service was limited to just 38 days with the Territorial Army.
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