Cops are hunting for a sex offender with links to Glasgow following the death of a woman in England.

Avon and Somerset Police are looking to track down Richard Scatchard - who is currently wanted on a prison recall.

On top of that, the force is looking to speak to the 70-year-old in connection with the death of Kelly Faiers in Minehead, England, in October 2023.

Cops are currently treating the woman's death as a murder inquiry.

Glasgow Times:

Police say the pair went out together on the evening of Saturday, October 14, in Minehead.

Then due to Kelly being 'critically ill', Scatchard called the ambulance service to his home address shortly after 4am on Sunday, October 15, but sadly paramedics pronounced Kelly dead.

Officers then attended and spoke to him before leaving the scene - however, when returning the next day to speak with him further, he had disappeared.

Following that, a post-mortem examination in October provided inconclusive in terms of establishing the cause of Kelly's death.

Glasgow Times:

Further tests have been carried out and the force's Major Crime Investigation Team continues to treat Kelly’s death as suspicious.

Police also revealed Scatchard is considered a danger to women - specifically those he seeks a relationship with and has been a regular user of dating apps.

He has previous convictions for sexual offences in which he administered drugs to victims.

Following Kelly's death, officers in England have been hunting for the pensioner.

Now, the force has revealed the man has links to Glasgow.

Glasgow Times:

In January, police said specialist teams were set to carry out extensive searches in West Somerset for Scatchard.

At the start of the year, cops said more than 300 enquiries, including speaking to witnesses and obtaining CCTV, had already been carried out since his disappearance. 

After speaking with him in Minehead on Sunday, October 15, 2023, officers say he travelled to Watchet.

The last confirmed sighting of Scatchard on CCTV is in the Swain Street area in the town at around 9am on Monday, October 16.

He was then seen back near his home address in Minehead approximately an hour later by a member of the public.

Superintendent Lisa Simpson previously said: “Our priority remains to find Scatchard alive and arrest him and any public information to help us achieve that aim will be gladly received.

"We wish to question Scatchard about what happened to Kelly in the hours leading up to her death, information we desperately want to be able to give her family.

“We have spoken with both Kelly’s family and Scatchard’s and been honest with them that there have been three months without proof of him being alive and that is an extremely long time.

“While these searches are partly being carried out with that in mind, we remain open-minded that Scatchard may well still be alive and do not give up hope someone can provide crucial information that leads to his arrest.”

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