Prisoners who absconded on New Year’s Day caught
Avon and Somerset PoliceTwo inmates who absconded from an open prison on New Year’s Day have been arrested.
Matthew Armstrong, 35, and Daniel Washbourne, 40, both failed to return to HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire on 1 January.
Armstrong was arrested near Henley-in-Arden train station, Warwickshire, at 12:00 GMT. Washbourne was arrested in Bristol city centre at 13:30. Both were detained on suspicion of escaping lawful custody.
Armstrong was also arrested on suspicion of robbery, after an incident in a village near Leyhill the night before he absconded.
A man had forced his way into a home on 31 December at about 18:45 GMT and threatened the occupants before stealing a mobile phone and a quantity of cash, Avon and Somerset Police said.
Following the incident, officers interviewed the victims and neighbours, which led to Armstrong being arrested in relation to the offence.
A third man accused of absconding from HMP Leyhill at the same time was arrested in Bristol on 3 January.
He will next appear at Bristol Crown Court in February.