 In August 1997, King threatened a Hungarian woman with a knife and attempted to rape her in Leatherhead train station.The attack was recorded by a security camera; after the film was broadcast on BBC One's "Crimewatch" on September 2, Scotland Yard received numerous calls from viewers who identified the attacker as King.An order of arrest was issued the next day, but King and his wife had already fled to Malaga and found refuge in its large British community.