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| Convicted rapist Adam Mark absconds from Leyhill prison | Convicted rapist Adam Mark absconds from Leyhill prison |
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| A convicted rapist has absconded from Leyhill prison in South Gloucestershire. | A convicted rapist has absconded from Leyhill prison in South Gloucestershire. |
| Adam Mark was last seen outside the reception area on Tuesday evening and is believed to have walked out sometime between 19:30 BST and 21:30 BST. | Adam Mark was last seen outside the reception area on Tuesday evening and is believed to have walked out sometime between 19:30 BST and 21:30 BST. |
| Mark, from West Yorkshire, is serving a life sentence for abducting and raping a woman, as well as attempting to abduct and rape two other women. | Mark, from West Yorkshire, is serving a life sentence for abducting and raping a woman, as well as attempting to abduct and rape two other women. |
| Police are asking anyone who sees him to call 999. | |
| An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said Mark had no connections with the greater Bristol area and was believed to be travelling back to Yorkshire. | An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said Mark had no connections with the greater Bristol area and was believed to be travelling back to Yorkshire. |
| He is about 5ft 6ins tall, of medium build with short cropped brown hair. He wears a diamond earring in his left ear, is clean shaven and has blue eyes. | He is about 5ft 6ins tall, of medium build with short cropped brown hair. He wears a diamond earring in his left ear, is clean shaven and has blue eyes. |
| He also has tattoos and was wearing a grey tracksuit. | |
| A Prison Service spokesperson said it would not comment on individual cases and said the matter was currently being dealt with by the police. | |
| "The number of absconds from open prisons in 2011/12 was the lowest level since central records began, and only those risk-assessed as suitable for open conditions are placed in open prisons," the spokesman said. | |
| "Those who do abscond will be returned to a more secure prison and may face further charges." |