The Red Flags Came Early
Most children love pets, especially dogs. Well, Mark Acklom wasn’t like other kids. His mother, Diana, told The Daily Mail that when her son was two, she bought the family’s first puppy. “She was sitting on the stairs. He went up and just kicked her out of the way. Most children would go up to a puppy and cuddle it.”
Mark Acklom. Source: BBC
The little dog-kicking boy grew up to be one of the UK’s most prolific conmen and most-wanted fugitives. Chasing the man led to a dramatic, balcony-leaping arrest in Switzerland, extradition to the UK, and a five-year prison sentence.