A fugitive sex offender who was caged after he was caught on-the-run in Turkey today claimed he is only in a British jail because he forgot the Turkish word for 'absent'.
Alfred John Palmer, 58, of Alcester Street, Plymouth, was jailed for five years after he was convicted in his absence in 2007 of a series of sex offences against teenage boys.
The disgraced letting agent had fled to Turkey, where he remained at large until his arrest in 2009 and subsequent extradition back to the UK to serve...
