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Two Asians on Met's 'Most Wanted' list
Asian-origin Abdul Salam, 29, tops the list and Iqbal Zafar, 42, is fourth on Metropolitan Police's "Most Wanted" list of 10 serious offenders.
The Metropolitan Police has released a list of the 'Ten Most Wanted' people who have either jumped bail or are wanted in connection with inquiries into serious offences.
The photographs of all the nine men and one woman have been made available for the public. At the top is a man of Asian-origin.
Abdul Salam, 29, also known as Rouf Uddin or Mohammed Ahad Khan, is wanted by the Belgian police for slitting the throat of Malika Sousse, a mother-of-two. He fled to Britain, where the police believe he has good connections. He is considered to be religious, and police say he regularly attends mosques for prayers.
Iqbal Zafar, 42, the fourth on the list, is wanted for the murder of his estranged wife Nazia Khan in south London. The couple had four kids - three girls and a boy - who lived with their mother and are thought to have been in the house when she was strangled. Police believe Zafar keeps travelling between the UK and Pakistan.
Others on the list include Reginald Blythin, Ivor Tom Price Davies, Terry McCann and David Tolley.
Reginald Roy Blythin, 55, originally from Chester is the second on the list. He is wanted by Danish police in connection with the murder of Arturo Miranda, 54, a Columbian, in Hou, Denmark, on January 1, 2002.The victim, who was found floating in the town's harbour, had been trussed, shot and his throat had been cut. He could be in the UK or Spain. Stephen John Franks, 53, a tobacco retailer, of Thomas Moore Street, Wapping, east London, disappeared after being granted bail. He was found guilty of serious firearms offences, involving a high-powered 7.92mm MG42 general purpose machine gun the military call a "daisycutter".
Ivor Tom Price Davies, 38, is wanted in Canada for causing death by dangerous driving whilst under the influence of alcohol in York, Ontario, on February 23, 2001. He has family links in Kent. Anthony Shepherd, 44, a landlord from Bow, east London, and also known as Tony is wanted in connection with the murder of Lee Chesaites on November 1, 2002. Peter Joseph Bellwood, 50, is wanted for questioning by both Danish and Welsh police following thousands of thefts of high-value maps from libraries throughout Europe.
Terry Finbar McCann, 58, is wanted by police in Erith, south London, in connection with a number of serious sexual assaults on a two young girls. He was charged in July 2001 but failed to turn up in court and has been on the run eversince.
David Paul Tolley, 26, who also uses the names David Gray or David Tolley-Gray, was arrested in October 2000 at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of importation of a kilo of cocaine. He disappeared after being given bail. Police believe he may be in the Brixton area of London or possibly in the Caribbean. Melanie Malcolm, 48, who also uses the name Henriques, is wanted after failing to appear at Croydon Crown Court to face charges of the neglect of two of her children.
