A PAEDOPHILE who has been on the run for six years has been arrested by officers in Salisbury.

James Andrew, 66, who is from Downton and was previously known as Keith Vincent, had been wanted by police for failing to comply with his requirements on the Sex Offenders Register.

He was arrested by officers at Salisbury Police Station on Tuesday morning.

Later the same day he was charged with five counts of making indecent photographs, one count of possessing indecent images and three counts of failing to comply with notification requirements while on the Sex Offenders Register.

He appeared at Salisbury Magistrates Court yesterday and was remanded in custody to appear back at Salisbury Magistrates Court on September 2.

James Andrew was placed on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre’s Most Wanted website in March.

DS Kevin Rowles from the Wiltshire Police public protection department said: “Appropriate management on sex offenders is vital for the on-going protection of society.

“In Wiltshire 97 per cent of all registered sex offenders comply with their conditions and do not abscond but on rare occasions, such as this, a sex offender does abscond and Wiltshire Police, working closely with CEOP and other partner agencies, does everything possible in order to apprehend them even when they are believed to have travelled abroad.”