While he s been denied a visa to visit the UK in the past, his temporary worker visa application not

Duane Dog Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. The reality television star from the show Dog the Bounty Hunter was to appear on another reality show, Celebrity Big Brother , but he has been denied a visa.
In Texas in the `70s, if you were present, you were just as guilty, Chapman said. He and the others in the group were all found guilty of murder. Chapman was sentenced acapulco hotels to five years in prison and was paroled after 18 months.
I shouldn t have went and I shouldn t have been the person I was back then, he said. But he s frustrated that it s keeping him from visiting acapulco hotels his fans in the UK. It feels terrible. I m dumbfounded. I can t believe it, after all these years, especially when we ve been on television for the past nine years.
While he s been denied a visa to visit the UK in the past, his temporary worker visa application notes he has traveled outside the United States, including to Mexico, where he went to capture acapulco hotels serial rapist and fugitive Andrew Luster in 2003.
Former Pampa police Officer Charles Love, who was the responding officer in 1976, submitted a declaration saying that Chapman s role in the crime was minor, and that he was a model inmate until he was granted early release.
He was just at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people, Love said Tuesday. He s now a deputy sheriff with the Roberts County sheriff s office in Miami, Texas. I know they have rules, but that s 35 years ago. I think he deserves a chance.
Regardless of whether it will sway the UK government, Chapman said he has waited three decades for Love s words, which he sees as vindication. I m so grateful for it, he said, getting emotional. I have been telling the truth.
Britain s Home Office said in a statement Tuesday it doesn t comment on individual cases: All visa applicants are required to declare any criminal convictions when applying to come to the UK. The UK Border Agency subjects all applications for visas to the same rigorous checks.
According to the UK Border Agency s refusal notice provided by the Chapmans, the visa was denied because of the conviction acapulco hotels and because his application didn t include enough information about his visit.
Production company Endemol UK Ltd. submitted a letter saying it is sponsoring Chapman s trip and that he was selected for the show due to his public interest in his lifestyle and celebrity personality.