Stephen Lawrence murder suspect thought to be on the run in Spain seen living it up in London’s Mayfair
Jamie Acourt is thought to have re-entered the country using a fake passport after he fled to the Costa Del Sol
A SUSPECT in the Stephen Lawrence murder case thought to be on the run in Spain has been seen living it up in London’s Mayfair.
Fugitive Jamie Acourt, 40, wanted over a £4million cannabis smuggling racket, was spotted strolling down Park Lane disguised in a pair of specs.
A major Crimestoppers appeal to trace Acourt was launched in October on the Costa del Sol, where he fled last year.
But cops believe he returned to the UK on a false passport to meet pals and raise funds for his life on the run.
A sighting of him was made around the time of the Crimestoppers appeal while he was walking close to the five-star Dorchester Hotel.
A source said: “The sighting has been confirmed as him.
“He was casually walking along Park Lane without a care in the world and no doubt living it up in style.
“The suspicion is he came back from Spain on a false passport to raise money and is now likely back there.”
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Acourt is suspected of being a leading member of a crime syndicate which couriered 100kg of cannabis between London and Newcastle.
Scotland Yard swooped on several people after a two-year surveillance operation — but Acourt fled abroad before arrests were made.
He was one of a gang of five or six youths thought to have taken part in the racist murder of Stephen, 18, at a bus stop in Eltham, South East London, in 1993.
Two men were convicted of the murder in 2012 and jailed for life, but Scotland Yard remain determined to bring the rest of the A Level student's killers to justice and are continuing to investigate.
Acourt, of Bexley, was last seen on February 1 before he left the country.