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On-the-run killer back in custody | On-the-run killer back in custody |
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A convicted killer who escaped almost a week ago during a visit to a hospital, has been recaptured. | A convicted killer who escaped almost a week ago during a visit to a hospital, has been recaptured. |
Lee Nevins gave prison guards the slip last Tuesday, while being treated at Sunderland Royal Hospital. | Lee Nevins gave prison guards the slip last Tuesday, while being treated at Sunderland Royal Hospital. |
The 24-year-old is serving a sentence at Durham's Frankland Prison for killing a man in 2006. | The 24-year-old is serving a sentence at Durham's Frankland Prison for killing a man in 2006. |
Nevins, who was jailed for 17 years for the murder of Lee Jobling, 20, in Gateshead, was recaptured at an address at Tillicoultry, near Alloa. | Nevins, who was jailed for 17 years for the murder of Lee Jobling, 20, in Gateshead, was recaptured at an address at Tillicoultry, near Alloa. |
Northumbria Police officers, joined by colleagues from Central Scotland, arrested Nevins in High Street, Tillicoultry, on Monday afternoon. | Northumbria Police officers, joined by colleagues from Central Scotland, arrested Nevins in High Street, Tillicoultry, on Monday afternoon. |
Nevins was jailed after the fatal attack on Mr Jobling on Gateshead's Leam Lane Estate, after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court. | Nevins was jailed after the fatal attack on Mr Jobling on Gateshead's Leam Lane Estate, after a trial at Newcastle Crown Court. |
During his trial, the court heard Nevins and another man, who were drunk, gatecrashed a party and taunted Mr Jobling, who had been left with a limp and a brain injury after falling from a bridge in 2001. | During his trial, the court heard Nevins and another man, who were drunk, gatecrashed a party and taunted Mr Jobling, who had been left with a limp and a brain injury after falling from a bridge in 2001. |
Lee Jobling died from severe head injuries | |
They attacked him, ignoring his pleas for mercy, and left him blood-soaked and fatally injured. | They attacked him, ignoring his pleas for mercy, and left him blood-soaked and fatally injured. |
The court heard that as Mr Jobling struggled for breath and started grunting, they began singing Old MacDonald Had A Farm. | The court heard that as Mr Jobling struggled for breath and started grunting, they began singing Old MacDonald Had A Farm. |
Mr Jobling died 19 days later from head injuries on 28 April 2006. | Mr Jobling died 19 days later from head injuries on 28 April 2006. |
Supt Gordon Milward, of Northumbria Police, said an officer had seen Nevins in Tillicoultry. | |
He said the "substantial" help Northumbria Police received from their Scottish counterparts had been a key factor in his arrest. Mr Milward said Lee would be taken to a police station, probably in the Sunderland area. | |
He added that an inquiry into the escape was under way. | |
He said: "I'm aware that the Prison Service are conducting their own investigation, I'm not aware what the outcome will be and when the outcome will be known. | |
"I am sure if there are any lessons to be learned, in the hope that a repetition will not take place in the future." | |
Last week, two men and a youth were arrested and later bailed on suspicion of assisting an offender. | Last week, two men and a youth were arrested and later bailed on suspicion of assisting an offender. |
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