Meanwhile in the village of Llanbrynmair, where Bridger lived before he moved to Ceinws, neighbours revealed they had alerted police to his whereabouts about an hour before his arrest, on Tuesday.
Paul and Gloria Edwards told police they had seen Bridger walking towards Machynlleth on a cycle bridge, at 2.15pm at that point police had not revealed they were looking for the 46-year-old.
Gloria, in her 50s, said: Wed been searching for April since Tuesday morning, we came off the mountains to Machynlleth.
On the right hand side we saw Mark, and tooted at him. He looked across to us, but he was startled by somebody on a bike. He was in a camouflage jacket and had reflector glasses on.
When they got home, at about 2.15pm, plain clothes police officers were smashing in the house next door, where Bridger had lived up until about a month ago.
Gloria said: They asked if wed seen Mark. We said we knew him, and we had just seen him going towards Machynlleth. Thats when all hell broke loose. They asked us where wed seen him, they cordoned off the whole area, and then they arrested him.
This is different to the account they have on Sky, where they had gone next door (no account of smashing in), asked the next door neighbours if they knew the people living there and were told "No", but we knew Mark who lived there before. Added "We've just seen him" and police asked where. They then went rushing off and found him. They spoke to these folks circa 2:30. They said he didn't see them. He wasn't agitated, just walking normally, had been clipped by a lad on a bicycle and had reacted to that.
I do seem to remember from the report on Sky that the door looked like it had been repaired with wood panels.