Several British newspapers reported that anti-terrorism officers were hunting for Mohammed el Guerbozi, who was "alleged to be hiding in France after disappearing from his north London home a year ago".
In fact Mr Guerbozi read these newspaper reports at his Kilburn flat and rang a local police station in London on Saturday to volunteer himself as available for any interview if so required. He was put on "hold" for so long that he finally put the phone down.
Far from being on the run from the British authorities over the past year, he was treated in March by the NHS for a leg complaint at St Mary's hospital, in London and can hardly walk.
At the time of the London bombings he was voicing his opposition to Morocco's (where he left as a teenager in 1974) government LIVE on a British TV channel !
Despite not leaving Britain in those 31 years he has also been linked to the Madrid bombings.
Mr Guerbozi said he had twice been seen by MI5 officers, following earlier newspaper allegations (and has remained at the same address as when interviewed) "I've never been in trouble with the police." "Until my operation I worked full-time as a cook. I condemn the terrorists, the victims were people going to work, it could have been me, my friends or relatives".
