Overview
- Cleveland Police said Morrison was detained in Spain on Tuesday and remains in Spanish custody pending extradition to the UK.
- A jury convicted the 44-year-old engineer in August of rape and sexual assault after a trial at Teesside Crown Court.
- He was allowed bail to put his affairs in order, failed to attend a hearing on October 6, and missed his October 24 sentencing where he received 10 years in prison in absentia.
- The court imposed an indefinite restraining order and directed that he must sign the sex offenders register upon arrest.
- The victim has condemned systemic failings in the case, while the CPS offered to meet her and Cleveland Police apologised for unacceptable delays.