THIS is the moment a sex offender was caught in the woods by police officers after weeks on the run.
Cops in Edinburgh were on the lookout for Coen Bust, 47, after he disappeared from the city last month.
A CCTV image of Bust at the train station was shared on social media on the missing persons appeal[/caption]
He went missing hours before he was to be sentenced for sending sexual messages to an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl.
After being charged with an offence in September 2023, he pleaded guilty on January 30.
But on Thursday, March 13, the day of his sentencing at the Sheriff Court, Bust was instead spotted at Edinburgh Waverly Station at 8.30am.
He was then seen getting off a train at Dunkeld Train Station at 10.18am.
Bust was also last seen wearing a mustard-coloured jacket and carrying a large rucksack and a red/orange metal water bottle.
A non-appearance warrant for his arrest was issued and police sent out a missing persons appeal.
A CCTV image of Bust at the train station was shared on social media.
And the moment he was nicked by officers has been caught on camera.
The convicted perv was arrested after being found at Birnam Glen in Dunkeld, Perthshire, at 12:45pm yesterday afternoon.
The clip shows a man, wearing a mustard coloured jacket, being taken away by an officer in a woodland area.
Another cop can be seen carrying a huge rucksack as they walk away.
After he was found, a Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Coen Bust, 47, who had been reported missing from Edinburgh, has been traced.
“Thanks to everyone who shared our appeals.”
