Daniels crime boss' son jailed after capture in Norway following global manhunt
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Zander Sutherland boarded a plane to Spain when he was supposed to be getting a bus back to Castle Huntly jail.NewsRecord Reporter13:13, 11 Apr 2025A notorious gangland figure toured several countries while spending months on the run after being granted home leave from a Scottish prison.Drug baron Alexander Sutherland was boarding a plane to Spain via Ireland while he was supposed to be getting a bus back to Castle Huntly jail near Dundee.Article continues belowA court heard how an "extraordinary event" took place which forced Sutherland to flee Scotland as he feared his life was in real danger.Sutherland - son of late crime boss Jamie Daniel - spent two months in hiding abroad before he was eventually arrested by the authorities in Norway.The 36-year-old was extradited back to the UK shortly before Christmas and has now appeared in the dock at Perth Sheriff Court to admit absconding.Sutherland, now sporting a greying beard, admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice by failin...