Appeal to find fugitive missing since 2011

The Iraqi national was arrested by police following a complaint of rape by a Lancaster teenager at an address on Coltsfoot Walk in Morecambe on October 22, 2011.

He was released on police bail pending further enquires but failed to answer his bail and has been on the run since December 2011.

Police are again seeking the whereabouts of the 26-year-old two years after an appeal to trace him in 2013 came up blank.

Hama-Amin Karim was found to have entered the UK illegally.

He does not have any permission to be in the UK and therefore is also wanted by the Home Office.

Detective Sergeant Mark Stephens from Lancaster and Morecambe CID said: “Karim could be anywhere in the country, although it is possible he may also have travelled abroad.

“If he is in the UK he is likely to be working in a barbers shop.

“I would appeal to anybody with any information about his whereabouts to contact Lancashire Police 101.”

Please contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or on-line at Crimestoppers-uk.org.