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| Merseyside day release missing murderer arrested | |
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| A murderer who absconded while on day release from a jail in Merseyside has been arrested in Greater Manchester. | A murderer who absconded while on day release from a jail in Merseyside has been arrested in Greater Manchester. |
| Arnold Pickering, 44, from Chadderton, Oldham, was found at an address in town at about 11:45 BST and is in police custody. | Arnold Pickering, 44, from Chadderton, Oldham, was found at an address in town at about 11:45 BST and is in police custody. |
| He was wanted by police after he failed to return to HMP Kennet in Maghull on Saturday. | He was wanted by police after he failed to return to HMP Kennet in Maghull on Saturday. |
| Pickering is serving a life sentence after being convicted of a murder in 1990, police said. | Pickering is serving a life sentence after being convicted of a murder in 1990, police said. |
| It was the third time Pickering had gone on the run. He was arrested on suspicion of being unlawfully at large. | |
| A second inmate Thomas Moffett, 51, from Blackburn, Lancashire also disappeared on Saturday but he was detained by police on Sunday. | |
| The prisoners had failed to return to the jail by 16:30 BST. | |
| They were risk-assessed as suitable for temporary release on licence by the Ministry of Justice, Merseyside Police said. |