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Domestic abuser who fled to Thailand before UK trial is jailed for over nine years
Overview
Nicholas Cash, 26, has been jailed for a total of nine years and four months after fleeing to Thailand to evade trial for domestic abuse offences. Cash was found guilty in his absence in February 2023 of offences including coercive control, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and criminal damage. Following his arrest in Thailand in December 2025 and subsequent extradition to the UK, he received an additional sentence for breaching bail and previous suspended sentences.
Key points
- Nicholas Cash, 26, fled to Thailand before facing trial for domestic abuse offences committed in Dorset.
- He was found guilty in his absence at Bournemouth Crown Court in February 2023 of coercive control, actual bodily harm, and criminal damage.
- Cash was arrested in Thailand in December 2025 and extradited back to the UK.
- Judge Jonathan Fuller KC sentenced him to a total of nine years and four months, which includes time for breaching court bail and a suspended sentence.
- The arrest and extradition involved cooperation between Dorset Police, the National Crime Agency, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and the Royal Thai Police.