Rapist ‘may have fled to Britain’

A RAPIST who has gone on the run while on bail may have fled to Britain with the intention of moving to Spain or Portugal.

Adriano Kiel has been missing after failing to turn up at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin last Monday for sentencing after he was found guilty of raping a 23-year-old Limerick hotel worker on December 2, 2003.

Though gardaí have his passport, which he handed in after being charged with rape, they suspect he may have fled the country, with Portugal as his ultimate destination since Portuguese is his first language. Interpol are helping with the search for the 27-year-old.