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| Former royal aide Jane Andrews who absconded from an open prison in Kent is back in custody. | |
| Andrews, jailed for murder, failed to return to East Sutton Park in Maidstone on Sunday night. She was found at a nearby hotel in the early hours. | |
| 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. |
| The Prison Service said Andrews, 42, of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, would now be put in a closed jail. | The Prison Service said Andrews, 42, of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, would now be put in a closed jail. |
| She now faces the possibility of extra time in prison because of her attempted escape. | She now faces the possibility of extra time in prison because of her attempted escape. |
| 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. |
| [Andrews] will be returned to Prison Service custody and placed in a closed prison Prison Service spokesman Spectacular fall of royal helper | |
| "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." |
| Assistant Chief Constable Andy Adams, from Kent Police, said: "As I said during our search, this investigation had two aspects we had to consider; the need to find a vulnerable missing person and the need to find somebody unlawfully at large. | |
| "We are pleased to say that she has been found safe and returned to custody. | |
| "While we can't, at this stage, confirm the exact nature of how we found Ms Andrews, we can say that a number of people, including those from the Ministry of Justice, assisted us greatly in our inquiries and we are grateful for that help." | |
| 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. | 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. | However that sentence was reduced by three years on appeal. |
| Andrews went missing from East Sutton Park Prison in Kent. | |
| She was eligible to be freed on parole in 2012. | 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. | She had been in an open prison since July after being moved from Send closed women's prison in Surrey. |
| On 18 November she was moved to East Sutton Park prison where she took a paracetamol overdose, 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. |
| It was her second overdose attempt - In 2003 she 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 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. | 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. |
| 'Deeper questions' | |
| Mr Cressman's brother, Rick Cressman, 58, said he would be seeking a meeting with Justice Secretary Jack Straw . | 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?" | 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. |
| Andrews received a life sentence for murder of Thomas Cressman. | |
| A Prison Service spokesman said: "[Andrews] will be returned to Prison Service custody and placed in a closed prison." | 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. | 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. |
| In both cases they can receive extra time in prison on top of their existing sentence. | 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. |