{"id":162758,"date":"2022-08-26T13:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=162758"},"modified":"2022-08-26T13:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:18:45","slug":"brit-conman-who-featured-in-netflix-the-puppet-master-on-the-run-in-france-after-trying-to-kill-cop-with-his-car-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/brit-conman-who-featured-in-netflix-the-puppet-master-on-the-run-in-france-after-trying-to-kill-cop-with-his-car-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit conman who featured in Netflix The Puppet Master on the run in France after 'trying to kill cop with his car' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A BRIT who featured in Netflix's 'Ultimate Conman\u2019 is on the run after allegedly trying to run down a police officer.<\/p>\n

Judicial sources claim Robert Hendy-Freegard, 51, deliberately drove into the cop while escaping from his hideaway in a rural town in France.<\/p>\n

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Two gendarmes had called round at the property in the rural town of Vidaillat, east of Clermont-Ferrand on Thursday.<\/p>\n

But Hendy-Freegard reacted by accelerating his Audi A3 at them, it's alleged.<\/p>\n

One policeman suffered serious facial wounds including "multiple fractures" and remains in hospital, while the other was treated for lesser injuries.<\/p>\n

By Friday afternoon in France, a large-scale police\u00a0operation was aimed at trying to find the fugitive.<\/p>\n

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"All the soldiers of the department have been deployed as well as a helicopter from the gendarmerie to try to find this person," a Gendarmerie spokesman said.<\/p>\n

French authorities warned anyone who spots him should approach with care, and then call the police.<\/p>\n

In March, the French authorities issued an order for Hendy-Freegard and Ms Clifton to shut their dog breeding business down.<\/p>\n

The officers had originally arrived to check up on a Beagle-breeding business Hendy-Freegard was running with his partner, Sandra Clifton, 49.<\/p>\n

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One judicial source said: "An investigation has been opened for the attempted murder of a person holding public authority.\u00a0The person responsible is being searched for."<\/p>\n

'The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman' explores how Hendy-Freegard pretended to be an MI5 agent and made his victims believe they were IRA assassination targets.<\/p>\n

In 2005, after an eight-month trial,\u00a0Blackfriars Crown Court\u00a0convicted him for two counts of\u00a0kidnapping, ten of\u00a0theft\u00a0and eight of\u00a0deception.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sophie and Jake Clifton have alleged that Hendy-Freegard is currently coercively controlling their mother Sandra, who he started dating and moved in with in 2012. <\/p>\n

The Netflix doc sees Sophie and Jake Clifton sending a heartfelt message to their mother, who has cut all contact with them.<\/p>\n

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"It doesn't matter what we've been through, we still love you and we want you back in our lives," Jake says.<\/p>\n

Hendy-Freegard has strongly denied the claims.<\/p>\n

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