Wanted sex offender arrested after manhunt

The subject of a police manhunt has been arrested after breaching his sex offender notification requirements.

Police yesterday issued a ‘do not approach’ warning to the public as they searched for 28-year-old Thomas Sheard for the second time this year.

Sheard had previously been wanted in February for once again breaching his sex offender notification requirements.

Sheard, of Farringdon Crescent, was accused of stalking three women and causing them “serious alarm or distress” in 2021.

He was said to have followed his victims home and loitered at their workplaces, as well as in shops they frequently visited.

After an appeal, police have now confirmed Sheard has been arrested and remains in police custody.