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Former royal aide Jane Andrews who absconded from an open prison in Kent is back in police custody.Former royal aide Jane Andrews who absconded from an open prison in Kent is back in police custody.
Andrews, who was jailed for murder, failed to return to East Sutton Park, in Maidstone, on Sunday night. She was found nearby in the early hours. Andrews, jailed for murder, failed to return to East Sutton Park in Maidstone on Sunday night. She was found nearby in the early hours of Wednesday.
She was jailed for life for fatally beating and stabbing boyfriend Thomas Cressman at their London home.She was jailed for life for fatally beating and stabbing boyfriend Thomas Cressman at their London home.
Andrews, 42, of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, was ordered to serve at least 15 years in 2001. The Prison Service said Andrews, 42, of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, would now be put in a closed jail.
But that sentence was reduced by three years on appeal. She now faces the possibility of extra time in prison because of her attempted escape.
Police have located missing person Jane Andrews safe and well Kent Police Spectacular fall of royal helperPolice have located missing person Jane Andrews safe and well Kent Police Spectacular fall of royal helper
Andrews, who worked for the Duchess of York for nine years until 1997, was eligible to be freed on parole in 2012.
A Kent Police spokesperson said: "Police have located missing person Jane Andrews safe and well and she has been taken into police custody.A Kent Police spokesperson said: "Police have located missing person Jane Andrews safe and well and she has been taken into police custody.
"She was found in the Maidstone area in the early hours of this morning.""She was found in the Maidstone area in the early hours of this morning."
The force did not give out any further details of how she came to be found.The force did not give out any further details of how she came to be found.
Andrews had been in an open prison since July after being moved from Send closed women's prison in Surrey. Andrews, who worked for the Duchess of York for nine years until 1997, was ordered to serve at least 15 years in 2001 for the murder of Mr Cressman.
However that sentence was reduced by three years on appeal.
She was eligible to be freed on parole in 2012.
She had been in an open prison since July after being moved from Send closed women's prison in Surrey.
'Deeper questions''Deeper questions'
She was moved to East Sutton Park prison on 18 November and took a paracetamol overdose last week for which she needed hospital treatment. On 18 November she was moved to East Sutton Park prison where she took a paracetamol overdose, for which she needed hospital treatment.
In 2003, Andrews was taken into intensive care after prison staff found her unconscious in her cell. It was her second overdose attempt - In 2003 she was taken into intensive care after prison staff found her unconscious in her cell.
The family of her victim have condemned the decision to allow her to be kept in an open prison only eight years and a half years into her sentence. The family of her victim condemned the decision to allow her to be kept in an open prison only eight years and a half years into her sentence.
They called for her eligibility for release on parole in 2012 to be re-examined, adding that the affair exposed "incompetence" in the Ministry of Justice.
Andrews went missing from East Sutton Park PrisonAndrews went missing from East Sutton Park Prison
Mr Cressman's brother, Rick Cressman, 58, said: "She must go back to a closed prison, and this should have an effect on her future parole situation. That date should now be questioned. They called for her eligibility for release on parole in 2012 to be re-examined, adding that the affair exposed "incompetence" in the Ministry of Justice.
"I would like to meet Jack Straw because I think there are deeper questions and issues which come out of this. For instance, why was she in an open prison after just eight and a half years?" Mr Cressman's brother, Rick Cressman, 58, said he would be seeking a meeting with Justice Secretary Jack Straw .
He said: "I think there are deeper questions and issues which come out of this. For instance, why was she in an open prison after just eight and a half years?"
Mr Cressman, the owner of a hotel near Solihull, West Midlands, also criticised Andrews' move to an open prison near where his sister and brother-in-law live.Mr Cressman, the owner of a hotel near Solihull, West Midlands, also criticised Andrews' move to an open prison near where his sister and brother-in-law live.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "[Andrews] will be returned to Prison Service custody and placed in a closed prison."
The spokesman said that policy was to return re-captured absconders to a more secure closed prison where they face either a criminal prosecution for escaping or an internal adjudication in jail in front of a visiting judge.
Andrews received a life sentence for murder
In both cases they can receive extra time in prison on top of their existing sentence.
Andrews beat 39-year-old Mr Cressman with a cricket bat and stabbed him with a kitchen knife at their Fulham home on 17 September 2000.Andrews beat 39-year-old Mr Cressman with a cricket bat and stabbed him with a kitchen knife at their Fulham home on 17 September 2000.
An Old Bailey jury decided by a majority of 11 to one that she killed the wealthy businessman in a jealous rage after he refused to marry her.An Old Bailey jury decided by a majority of 11 to one that she killed the wealthy businessman in a jealous rage after he refused to marry her.