‘A convicted murderer who spent 18 months on the run after being sprung from custody by armed men has been jailed until at least 2051.’
The Guardian, 2nd October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A gang who tried to free a dangerous criminal from a prison van which ended in one of them being shot dead on a London street, has been jailed.’
BBC News, 20th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Gilbert) v Secretary of State for Justice: [2015] EWHC 927 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 202
‘The “absconder policy” in the Consolidated Interim Instructions of 11 August 2014, which precluded categories of prisoner from a transfer to open conditions save in exceptional circumstances, was incompatible with the Secretary of State’s directions to the Parole Board, issued in August 2004, which required phased release via open conditions to test whether a prisoner could be safely released into the community.’
WLR Daily, 1st April 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A con artist has been jailed after he made an “ingenious” escape from prison by sending staff a fake email saying he had been granted bail.’
The Independent, 20th April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The justice secretary is to prevent prisoners who have absconded from being placed in open prison conditions after a convicted murderer went on the run for the third time.’
The Guardian, 19th May 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A convicted robber who sparked an international search has been sentenced to more than nine years in jail.’
BBC News, 1st March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who escaped from police custody while being questioned about a serious sexual assault has been found guilty of rape.”
BBC News, 2nd August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Iqbal (Shaid) [2011] WLR (D) 6
“The common law offence of escape from lawful custody did not cover those who escaped from detention or control before they were arrested.”
WLR Daily, 21st January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Prisoner failing to return is not an escaper
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Where a prisoner who was on temporary release from prison failed to return to prison at the expiry of his release period, he could not be said to have escaped from custody and could not therefore be guilty of the common-law offence of escape from custody.”
The Times, 6th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Where a prisoner who was on temporary release from prison pursuant to r 9 of the Prison Rules 1999 failed to return to prison at the expiry of his release period, he could not be said to have escaped from custody and could not therefore be guilty of the common law offence of escape from custody.”
WLR Daily, 2nd August 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
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