A rugby league worldwide has fled the UK after being charged with sexual offences together with rape, a courtroom has reportedly heard.
Keven Appo, 25, who performed for Bradford Bulls within the Betfred Championship earlier than being sacked on Friday, has apparently travelled to his house nation of Papua New Guinea.
The BBC reported that the courtroom heard he flew to Dubai from Manchester Airport and caught a connecting flight to Papua New Guinea simply hours after he was given conditional bail at a listening to in November.
The Bradford Telegraph and Argus reported that magistrates have been advised he fled the nation inside 5 hours of being charged.
An extradition course of has now begun to return him to Britain, the BBC reported prosecutor Fiona Newcombe as saying.
She advised the courtroom that Appo gave the membership’s supervisor his home and automotive keys, and that UK authorities would now work with police in Papua New Guinea to convey him again, the BBC added.
West Yorkshire Police stated in a press release on Friday: “A person from Calderdale has been charged with a number of sexual offences.
“Keven Appo, aged 25 of Halifax, has been charged with rape, sexual assault on a female and two counts of assault.”
Confirming his dismissal later the identical day, his membership stated it had “cancelled Keven Appo’s playing contract”, however couldn’t remark additional at this stage.
