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Fugitive Domestic Abuser Nicholas Cash Arrested in Thailand, Faces Extradition to UK

Extradition proceedings follow a two-year international search led by Dorset Police with UK and Thai partners.

Overview

  • Royal Thai Police arrested Cash on 23 December 2025, and he is now the subject of extradition proceedings to the UK.
  • He was convicted in his absence in February 2023 of controlling or coercive behaviour, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, criminal damage and administering a noxious substance with intent.
  • A Bournemouth Crown Court judge later imposed an eight-year prison sentence in August 2023.
  • Dorset Police worked with the National Crime Agency, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Royal Thai Police after Cash left the UK in October 2022 while awaiting trial.
  • Court findings detailed abuse including BB gun shootings, slashing the victim’s face with glass, confinement and a forced overdose, and police say the victim continues to receive updates.