Suspect in doorstep murder of Brit ex-Rolls Royce chief is ARRESTED 500 miles away in Paris after special forces raid
A SUSPECT wanted over the murder of a former Rolls-Royce chief has been arrested in Paris after a six-day manhunt.
The 22-year-old Serbian man was tracked by police 500 miles away from the scene in France where millionaire Ian Cameron, 74, was knifed in a raid at his £3m home in Germany.
French special forces raided an apartment in the north of the French capital where the suspect was found alone.
He is expected to be put before an investigating judge in Paris on July 19.
Sources have suggested the hit on British national Mr Cameron may have been linked to a string of high value vintage cars he kept at his £3m home.
CCTV previously revealed the suspect, who was described as 180cm to 190cm tall, wearing light trousers, a dark blue hoodie, a red rucksack and neon green gloves.
The “legendary” ex-Rolls Royce tycoon, who worked for Rolls from 1999 to 2013, kept a number of high-value vehicles at his property just 50 miles west of Bavarian capital Munich.
A member of the public tipped cops off after seeing pictures of a tall, blonde man in the toiletries aisle of a local supermarket in Bavaria before the shock doorstep stabbing.
Neighbours reported previously seeing the suspect around the property, raising the spectre it had been a planned break-in at the property where Mr Cameron kept luxury cars.
Cops in the southeastern German town have established the suspect, who cannot be named for legal reasons fled Munich, Germany to Zurich, in Switzerland, then travelled directly to Paris.
Fürstenfeldbruck police chief Manfred Frei also praised the people that came forward to help solve the crime.
He said: “The valuable information provided after the public manhunt meant that we were able to quickly identify the suspect.
“This was a cornerstone for the man’s rapid arrest abroad.”
British-born Mr Cameron is said to have been knocked to the ground as he innocently answered a ring at his door – before later being found stabbed to death, on July 12.
His wife, previously a leading designer at BMW ran to a neighbour’s property in panic where she called police in Munich, their closest big city.
The 74-year-old was found by police in the entrance area of his Herrsching am Ammersee, Bavaria, home after a man was said to have approached the home and stabbed him, Bild reported.
The power cable for surveillance cameras over the garages where Mr Cameron kept his vehicles was said to have been found cut.
A spokesman for police in Bavaria said: “Ultimately, his whereabouts were located in an apartment northeast of Paris, where the man was arrested by French special forces on July 18.
“The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) coordinated the cooperation with the French police authorities.
“The suspect was alone in the apartment at the time and offered no resistance. He will be brought before a French investigating judge on Friday.
“It is thanks to the close cooperation of all the investigative authorities involved that the fugitive suspect was quickly identified and arrested.”
Cameron worked on the design of cars including the 3 Series, Z8, Phantom, and Ghost before retiring from the company in 2013.
After his retirement he worked as a brand ambassador for Rolls Royce before launching his own design consultancy.