Absconded prisoner Anthony Peloe found

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One of two men who absconded from an open prison in Cheshire has been found, police said.

Anthony Peloe, 43, went missing from Thorn Cross open prison in Warrington at about 10:30 BST on Tuesday.

Cheshire Police said he was in custody after being detained on Wednesday night. He was convicted of possessing firearms in 2005.

John Arnold, 30, who was jailed in 2006 for robbery, has not been found. Both men were given indeterminate sentences.

Arnold is described as white, 5ft 11ins and of slim build, with brown hair and eyes.

Peloe was sentenced to three years and Arnold was jailed for two years, but their indeterminate sentences meant the pair had no automatic right of release once they had served their time in prison.

David Mowat, Conservative MP for Warrington South, said: "Absconders at the level of one a fortnight brings into question the criteria that are being used to move people into open prisons.

"It's clearly not being done tightly enough. If this continues it raises the need for more security at Thorn Cross than is currently there."

According to the Ministry of Justice, Thorn Cross is a purpose-built institution which opened in 1985 on the site of a former Royal Naval Air Station.

It houses 321 prisoners who each have their own key and have less than two years of their sentence left to serve.