The chase lasted for three years (1999–2002) and covered much of Europe, including the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Gibraltar, and Portugal.
She later appeared the same year in an ITV production similar to Crimewatch entitled "Britain's Most Wanted": in this programme, DC Skerrett, also a pilot, flew an aircraft for the reconstruction of events.
Mont was arrested on the Costa del Sol in January 2002 and taken to Madrid to await extradition proceedings, but after the Spanish authorities released her on bail, she vanished again.
The Guardian reported in 2004 that the couple had a son born at Worthing hospital in late 2003 and that Mont was living in a caravan near Brighton.
[6] The case against Mont was eventually dropped – a joint decision by the Police and Crown Prosecution Service, according to a spokesman for the force.