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Household ‘terrified’ after killer escapes jail for second time

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A household has been left ‘terrified’ after a killer sentenced to life absconded from jail this week (Image: Wales On-line/SWNS)

A manhunt has been launched after a person who set hearth to a grandmother in her mattress escaped jail for a second time.

Vincent Lee has been on the run for greater than 72 hours after he didn’t return to the open jail the place he was serving life for killing Ann Worrell, 43.

He was discovered to have set her unconscious physique alight on her mattress in Galon Uchaf, Merthyr Tydfil in June 1986, and was handed a life imprisonment at Swansea Crown Court docket in April 1987.

Police have now launched an attraction after the assassin didn’t return to HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire following a interval of short-term launch on licence.

Lee, 67, had beforehand absconded from jail seven years in the past.

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His sufferer’s daughter Mandy, expressed her disgust that her mom’s killer is at giant once more.

FILE PICTURE - GV of HMP Sudbury. Officers are appealing for help to find two prisoners who absconded from Sudbury Prison on October 11, 2021. See SWNS story SWMDescape. Sam Hawkins and Darren McKay were caught on camera jumping over the fence of the prison at 10.15pm. The pair, who should not be approached by members of the public, were then seen on the A515 towards Ashbourne ? with one of them carrying two rucksacks and the other carrying a single rucksack with a towel around his neck. McKay, who was convicted at St Alban?s Crown Court in 2020 for burglary and driving offences, is around 6ft 2ins tall, has blue eyes, brown hair and is of stocky build with tattoos on his arms. Hawkins was convicted at St Snaresbrook Crown Court in 2019 for burglary, theft and driving offences. He is around 5ft 7ins tall, with brown hair, brown eyes and is of medium build.
Lee absconded throughout a interval of short-term launch from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire (Image: Derbyshire Police/SWNS)

She wrote: ‘Simply been knowledgeable that the monster that murdered my mom has as soon as once more gone on the run from day launch yesterday.

‘Been suggested to telephone 999 if he’s noticed anyplace. He’s a hazard to society. If seen contact the police instantly.’

The grief-stricken mom stated that Lee’s escape had ‘torn aside’ her household.

‘It’s terrifying for us understanding that he’s nonetheless on the run someplace’, she advised Wales On-line.

Lee is described as white and 5ft 5ins tall and with bald hair.

He was final seen carrying a blue t-shirt, gray Nike tracksuit bottoms, black boots and blue and black glasses.

Newspaper studies on the time counsel thought-about Ann was his mom, and grandmother to his son.

Lee was advised by Decide Anthony Evans that the brutal means he had murdered Ann warranted ‘additional punishment’.

Derbyshire Constabulary stated in a press release: ‘We’re interesting for data after a convict didn’t return to HMP Sudbury.

‘Vincent Lee didn’t return to the open jail on Thursday 7 August after a interval of short-term launch on licence.

‘He’s serving a life sentence for homicide.’

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