{"id":36554,"date":"2025-09-04T18:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/ray-lee-on-the-run-for-a-second-time\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:44:33","slug":"ray-lee-on-the-run-for-a-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/ray-lee-on-the-run-for-a-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Lee on the run for a second time"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A man, thought to be the leader of an organised crime gang that targeted elderly and vulnerable people, is unlawfully at large for a second time.<\/p>\n

Raymond Lee, 32, who is awaiting sentencing, breached his conditions while on compassionate bail for a funeral on 19 June 2025, after failing to return to Maghaberry Prison.<\/p>\n

Lee had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation and money laundering offences relating to a series of courier frauds in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n

Police have described him as being approximately 5ft 11in tall (180cm), of slim build, with brown hair.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is the second time Lee has been at large, having evaded police in August 2023<\/a> after taking compassionate bail to attend a funeral in Dublin.<\/p>\n

He failed to return to Maghaberry Prison and was arrested in October of that year.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Police Service of Northern Ireland said: “Police are appealing directly to Ray Lee to hand himself in.”<\/p>\n

“We would also ask anyone who has seen him, or who knows of his whereabouts, not to approach him directly but to contact police on 101,” they added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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