Britain's most wanted man is arrested in Romania: Four-year manhunt ends

Britain's most wanted man is arrested in Romania: Four-year manhunt ends as fugitive, 28, with £50,000 price on head is held after 'knifing man to death in bar then changing his appearance' Shane O'Brien, 31, is the chief suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Josh Hanson O'Brien was on the run for four years and a £50,000 was offered for finding him Mr Hanson was stabbed in unprovoked knife attack in a bar in Hillingon, London The extradition process to bring O'Brien back to the UK will now begin  

By Isabella Nikolic For Mailonline

Published: 16:39 GMT, 23 March 2019 | Updated: 16:43 GMT, 23 March 2019

Shane O'Brien, 31, (pictured) is the chief suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Josh Hanson, who was killed in an unprovoked knife attack in a bar in Hillingdon. He has just been caught in Romania after going on the run four years ago

Shane O'Brien, 31, (pictured) is the chief suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Josh Hanson, who was killed in an unprovoked knife attack in a bar in Hillingdon. He has just been caught in Romania after going on the run four years ago

Britain's most wanted man has just been caught in Romania. 

Shane O'Brien, 31, originally from Ladbroke Grove in London, has been on the run for four years and is the chief suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Josh Hanson, who was killed in an unprovoked knife attack in a bar in Hillingdon, west London. 

He was stabbed in the neck in front of about 40 horrified onlookers.

O'Brien is subject to a European Arrest Warrant on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service.

A £50,000 reward was put on O'Brien's head in 2017, two years after Mr Hanson's murder.  

O'Brien, who heads the National Crime Agency's 'most wanted' list, was

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