Rapist sent home

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A convicted rapist on the run for 11 years has been extradited to South Africa a year after being caught in New Zealand.

Swiss national Hans Joachim Klaar, 47, was sentenced to six years' jail for rape in Durban in 1998 but fled on his yacht.

He was caught in New Zealand in 2009 and has been ordered to return to South Africa, where he arrived on Friday.