Prison Escape: Man Charged After New Year’s Day Breakout
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prison Escape: Hunt Continues for Two fugitives After New Year’s Day breakout
A prisoner has been charged with escaping on New Year’s Day, while two others are still at large – including a convicted murderer, police have said.
Aaron Thomas, 39, is back in custody after his arrest in Bristol on Saturday.
He is set to appear before magistrates in the city on Monday, charged with escaping lawful custody, avon and Somerset Police said.
Thomas and two others are believed to have fled HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire between 5pm and 8pm on New year’s Day.
Detectives are still attempting to track down Daniel Washbourne, 40, and Matthew Armstrong, 35.
Armstrong was convicted of murdering someone during a robbery in Warwickshire in 2009.
Washbourne has previous convictions for offences of false imprisonment and violence against a person, police said.
Police have released footage of the two men walking through a building with their hands in their pockets.
In an appeal to the public, the force said on Saturday evening: “The pair are not originally from Avon and Somerset and have links to various parts of the country.”
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