British man arrested in Thailand

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Thai police have arrested a man wanted for questioning in Britain over the alleged rape of a young girl.

Oxford-born Sean McMahon, 45, was detained in Torbay, Devon, in April 1999, but disappeared while on bail.

The Thai authorities say he was arrested at his home in Bangkok, at the request of the British embassy.

He has been working as an English teacher at an international school and Thai police say they have been tracking him for some time.

He was finally traced to his apartment on the northern outskirts of the capital on Monday evening.

This case is likely to raise fresh concerns about vetting procedures used by Thai schools to recruit foreign teaching staff.

Last year, an American teacher was deported from Thailand after serving a one-year jail sentence for abusing teenage boys.