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A convicted murderer from Liverpool has been arrested on Merseyside after escaping from prison three months ago. | A convicted murderer from Liverpool has been arrested on Merseyside after escaping from prison three months ago. |
Raymond Kennedy, from Knotty Ash, was found at a house on Lower House Lane, Fazakerley, on Monday and is still being detained by police. | |
The 33-year-old absconded from Sudbury Open Prison in Derbyshire in September. | The 33-year-old absconded from Sudbury Open Prison in Derbyshire in September. |
Kennedy had served 16 years of a life sentence for the murder of vagrant Ronald Davies in Liverpool after using a stick to stab his victim to death. | Kennedy had served 16 years of a life sentence for the murder of vagrant Ronald Davies in Liverpool after using a stick to stab his victim to death. |
Merseyside Police had warned the public not to approach Kennedy, whom they considered dangerous. | |
During Kennedy's trial, Liverpool Crown Court heard he beat his victim with the stick before breaking it and stabbing him. | |
Kennedy claimed Mr Davies had tried to sexually assault him. | |
After Kennedy escaped from Sudbury, police searched for him in the Merseyside area and in Lancashire, where he grew up. | |
Kennedy also escaped from HMP Grendon in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, with two other men in 2001. |
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