Convicted murderer on run, Arnold Pickering, arrested
Convicted murderer Arnold Pickering, 44, who failed to return to prison after leaving on day release on Saturday has been arrested for being unlawfully at large, Merseyside Police said.
Police hunt murderer and robber who abscond from jail
A convicted murderer has gone on the run from prison for the third time, while a man sentenced for a number of robberies has absconded from the same prison.
Arnold Pickering, 44, from Chadderton, Greater Manchester, failed to return to HMP Kennet in Maghull, Merseyside, after leaving the Category C jail on day release at about 9.30am yesterday.
Another inmate, Thomas Moffett, 51, from Blackburn, Lancashire, who is serving an indeterminate sentence for a number of robberies carried out in his home town in 2006, also failed to return from day release yesterday.
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