19/05/2014

Convicted Killer Fails To Return After Day Release

A convicted killer has failed to return to prison following a day release on Saturday.

44-year-old Arnold Pickering, from Greater Manchester, failed to return to Kennet Prison on Liverpool, marking the third time he has gone on the run.

Pickering was jailed for life in 1991.

A second inmate who also failed to return on Saturday, 51-year-old Thomas Moffet, has been arrested.

The failure t return come just weeks after Michael 'Skull Cracker' Wheatley failed to return to an open prison on Kent. He was arrested after a search operation connected him to an armed robbery.

(MH/CD)

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