Sonja Isaksson and her husband Micael Isaksson lives on the farm next to the house the man bought in Mjölan, a village outside the rural town of Överkalix, in mid February this year. They are stunned by who the polite Englishman has proved to be.
"It was not something we had rightly believed, even if we do not take a position on the matter", says Sonja Isaksson.
At the same time, the couple has not had much contact with the man, who in Britsh media is called Nick.
"We welcomed him when he moved in March-April. He drove past our house when he's gone to or from his house, so we have said hello and talked", says Sonja Isaksson.
She got the impression that the man was nice and friendly. So this summer when the couple were getting married, they invited him to his wedding.
"But he had something else to do. Then he just disappeared sometime in mid July", says Micael Isaksson.
The couple thought it was weird. But that he was suspected of a crime or trying to hiding from the law was nothing they had any thoughts about at the time. Not until they were informed of his fate in early September.
"A relative told me that people from Interpol had visited one of the city's workshops and asked him because his car was left there. They then told him he was a wanted man", says Micael Isaksson.
They understand that the story is of great interest, they have recently been contacted by several media companies that have sent reporters from the UK to Överkalix. They themselves do not know what to believe:
"But we have not experienced that the man has lied about things to us. He told me he was planning to rent out cabins. And that he also had plans to buy a house for the same purpose. So it's sad that it has become like this", says Sonja Isaksson.
Bo Häggroth from the municipality of Överkalix had contact with the man concerning the planned cabins by the river.
"But we have not had much to do with him. He's applied to the County Administrative Board for an exemption from the shoreland protection for the building of the cottages. We have just said that from the municipality's point of view that it's okay", he says.
He regrets the turn everything has taken:
"It's regrettable that what has happened has happened. At the same time, it is good if the legal system works. If the property is sold we hope that there will be a new, serious owner", says Bo Häggroth.