A sex offender who had been wanted by police for almost two years was apprehended after being discovered living on a boat on the Isle of Wight

Since October 2020, James Ernest Williams, also known as Alan John Appleton, has been one of Devon & Cornwall Police’s most wanted criminals, with an appeal issued to find the now 55-year-old for violating the terms of his release from prison.

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He did not appear in Newton Abbott Magistrates Court on December 9th, 2020.