Overview

• Guardia Civil officers detained the 34-year-old on September 15 in Alicante after an international search coordinated by the UK’s National Crime Agency.
• Extradition proceedings are underway in Spain to return him to Portugal to enforce his murder conviction.
• He was found guilty in May 2023 of killing his roommate, 22-year-old Elliot Mulligan, in an Albufeira apartment in April 2022.
• He was released on bail in April 2024 when Portugal’s maximum remand period expired, then breached conditions and fled, triggering the multi-agency hunt.
• NCA-released footage shows the moment of his capture, and officials say he could also face charges over an alleged early‑2025 jeweller robbery in Esposende as UK police continue supporting Mulligan’s family.