The international manhunt for an Australian fashion designer who had been on the run for 12 years comes to an end as disturbing images emerge of him battered and bloodied in Bali.
Australian fashion designer arrested 12 years after fleeing country for Europe
Benjamin Woodcock wanted on drug charges before leaving Australia in 2010
A video shows him with a bloody face in Bali before he was arrested in Croatia in August
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An Australian fashion designer who was wanted on drug charges and skipped bail has been arrested in Europe, marking the end of a 12-year manhunt.
Benjamin Woodcock allegedly fled Australia by boat in 2010 before being arrested in Croatia in August and extradited to Western Australia on Friday.
He had fled the country because he was facing drug-related charges after he was allegedly found with a pound of methamphetamine hidden in his underwear.
Woodcock allegedly used false names and passports to travel the world and is suspected of being involved in various dangerous situations.
In a confrontational video, he was filmed with a bloody face after an alleged incident involving a house in Bali.
It marks a devastating fall from grace for the designer who co-founded the boutique fashion label Illionaire and launched the label at Fashion Week in 2007.
An Australian fashion designer wanted on drug charges and skipping bail has been arrested in Europe, marking the end of a 12-year manhunt.
In a confrontation video, Woodcock was filmed with a bloody face after alleged incidents with locals in Bali.
Woodcock was allegedly found with $800,000 worth of methamphetamine after police pulled him over in his car in Maylands, Perth, in August 2010.
He was ordered to report to police three times a week as part of his bail conditions, but he failed to report, prompting a warrant to be issued for his arrest in October.
Police believe Woodcock left the country by boat before traveling the world, visiting countries including Indonesia, the Netherlands, England and Spain.
Woodcock was allegedly using three fake passports, including a British one with the name ‘Matte Black’, western australia informed.
Video later surfaced of Woodcock appearing with a bloody face while staying in Bali this year.
Locals posted the footage claiming that he had tried to burn down a house with a resident complaining that he “created so much trouble”.
Woodcock is seen in the footage with blood trickling down his face and onto his baggy T-shirt.
Woodcock was allegedly using three fake passports, including a British one with the name ‘Matte Black’
In one scene he is seen lying on the ground next to a can with a mouthpiece.
He then traveled to Europe before being arrested by local police in Croatia at the Dubrovnik airport on August 1.
WA Police Commander Gordon Fairman praised the police for managing to extradite him to Australia after a lengthy manhunt.
“For 12 years we have continued to investigate the disappearance of this man and despite the measures he took to hide it and change his identity, we never gave up on the search for him,” he said.