Petrocelli? American fictional lawyer who always seemed to win for his clients. Remember it for his brick a day scene. Each episode he would lay one brick to try and build his house.
They might have thought that but Pakistan regularly over the years has extradited suspects back to the UK for trial.
I remember pc Sharon beshninkys killer (sorry if spelt wrong) he was on the run in Pakistan for nearly 20 years. Eventually brought back and sentenced then died in jail at 76 served less than a year.
I've also heard of Iron Maiden. I'm putting it down to age jud. Must learn to read the comment properly lol. . As the song goes. 'They're coming to take me away ha ha'
There's plenty of other less high profile cases where people have been returned. But yeah, relatively easy to hide in Pakistan, it's a big place.
One good thing to come out of all this. Grooming 541t. (Although many yrs too late. only 16 months old) A task force was created to look into these issues. 550 arrests. 4000 reported cases. Source (grooming gang taskforce/ Gov.uk) The onus is on everyone. Aware of such crimes to report to the police. Instead of shying away. Protect the innocent not the guilty.