By
Tom Kelly and Will Stewart
Last updated at 7:58 PM on 30th December 2011
Dressed in a polo shirt and flip flops, this is the moment a British psychologist accused of faking his death was arrested after arriving home at Heathrow Airport.
Father-of-two Stephen Kellaway was detained as he stepped off a plane from Thailand where he is alleged to have lived under a false identity for over a year.
The 54-year-old is accused of faking his death during a family trip to Moscow in 2008, where his wife had breast enlargement surgery, to avoid jail for swindling thousands of pounds in benefits.
Arrest: Stephen Kellaway is detained at Heathrow airport after stepping
off a plane from Thailand
But after the Daily Mail tracked him down to his new home in Bangkok earlier this year, he was put in an immigration detention centre before being deported on a BA flight.
Kellaway is alleged to have used the birth certificate of boy who died aged seven in Belfast to get a Republic of Ireland passport – as is permitted for those born in Northern Ireland.
The son of an engineer, Kellaway at one point earned £100,000 a year from his a counselling service in West London.
The Daily Mail tracked Kellaway to Bangkok, Thailand, where he is alleged to have lived under a false identity for over a year after faking his own death
Couple: Kellaway and his Russian wife Nelli, on a trip to Moscow in 2008
He and his Russian born wife Nelli, 42, also bought six houses and flats in the South east worth £1million, before running into financial difficulties.
After arriving at Heathrow on December 23rd, Kellaway was led through the terminal building in handcuffs police officers before being driven off in a police van.
He was later charged with benefit fraud, attempts to pervert the course of justice and possession and use of a false identification document.
He was remanded in custody at West London Magistrate’s Court last week and is due to appear at Harrow Crown Court on January 5th.
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