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Hunt for murderer who absconded from HMP Spring Hill | |
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Police are hunting a convicted murderer among three prisoners who have absconded from a jail. | Police are hunting a convicted murderer among three prisoners who have absconded from a jail. |
Nicholas Redding, 45, has been on the run from HMP Spring Hill in Buckinghamshire since 19 November. | Nicholas Redding, 45, has been on the run from HMP Spring Hill in Buckinghamshire since 19 November. |
He was sentenced to life for murdering his neighbour by tying him to a chair, battering him with a hammer and slashing his throat with a saw in 1994. | |
Convicted drug dealer James Vaughan and aggravated burglar Barry Anderson have also absconded from the open prison. | |
Redding, who carried out the killing in Yeovil, Somerset, is described as white, 6ft tall, with a slim build and dark brown hair. He is blind in his right eye which appears opaque. | |
He has a West country accent and links to Dorset, Wiltshire and Avon. | |
Anderson, 41, went on the run on 15 November. Police say he has connections to Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Gateshead. | Anderson, 41, went on the run on 15 November. Police say he has connections to Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Gateshead. |
He was jailed in 2011 after robbing a partially blind 89-year-old man in his bed while holding secateurs to his throat. | |
Vaughan, 37, who absconded on 20 November, has links to Sussex, Birmingham and Kent. | |
Police have advised people not to approach any of the men but to contact 999 instead. | Police have advised people not to approach any of the men but to contact 999 instead. |