The 'most wanted' Brit with a taste for home who hid in plain sight on Spain's Costa del Sol

In the secluded hills above Spain’s Costa del Sol, one of Britain’s most wanted men quietly made a life for himself. David Ungi, 30, lived with three other Englishmen in a spacious three-bedroom house at the foot of the Sierra de Mijas mountains in the small town of Coin, in Malaga province.

They paid around 900 euros a month in rent for their home, where David is thought to have lived for five years. He would use a local gym and the pals would sit and smoke marijuana on their front-facing balcony, rarely speaking to anyone, neighbours said.

Every two or three months, British-plated RS4 or RSQ8 Audis, worth about £100,000, would reportedly pull up outside. The four lads with a taste for home lived on a diet of baked beans, crumpets and sweets, and shopped at a Buyrite British supermarket.

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Despite Dubai's status as the preferred bolt-hole for big-time criminals, those in the know say the Costa del Sol remains a haven for UK villains. Ungi has now been arrested but is fighting extradition back to the UK.

He and the three pals he lived with in Coin still owe the owner Buyrite British 100 Euros after stocking up on wine gums, cream eggs, Haribo sweets, dolly mixtures and fishcakes, and promising to pay later, the Mirror has reported.

In May, Ungi was arrested as he strolled into a different gym with a free day pass. He reportedly had a gun in his bag. On Tuesday he appeared in a Madrid court to oppose extradition to the UK on drugs charges. Ungi was on the National Crime Agency’s most wanted list after fleeing to Spain within 24 hours of the murder of 18-year-old Vinny Waddington in 2015 in Garston,