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| A criminal who escaped from a privately-run high-security prison by walking out with visitors has been arrested, police said. | A criminal who escaped from a privately-run high-security prison by walking out with visitors has been arrested, police said. |
| The Independent disclosed on Saturday that Haroon Ahmed had escaped from HMP Dovegate prison in Staffordshire by slipping away during visiting hours. The jail, which houses more than 900 male inmates, is run by the outsourcing giant Serco. | |
| Reports at the weekend suggested that he might have gone to Marbella on the Costa del Sol, but Staffordshire Police said on Monday that he had been arrested in the Nottingham area. | Reports at the weekend suggested that he might have gone to Marbella on the Costa del Sol, but Staffordshire Police said on Monday that he had been arrested in the Nottingham area. |
| The force said in a statement: “Haroon Ahmed, 26, who is from the Derby area, was arrested this morning in the Nottingham area and has been taken into custody. Detectives have been searching for Ahmed since his escape from HMP Dovegate prison last Wednesday where he was serving a sentence for robbery. | The force said in a statement: “Haroon Ahmed, 26, who is from the Derby area, was arrested this morning in the Nottingham area and has been taken into custody. Detectives have been searching for Ahmed since his escape from HMP Dovegate prison last Wednesday where he was serving a sentence for robbery. |
| “We would like to thank the public and media for their help in sharing our appeals to find Ahmed. Our social media posts reached just under 300,000 people.” | “We would like to thank the public and media for their help in sharing our appeals to find Ahmed. Our social media posts reached just under 300,000 people.” |
| Speaking about his brazen escape from the Category B prison, Ahmed told the Sunday Mirror: “In my own mind I wanted to test out the security. I thought ‘I’ll give it a go’– and walked out of the door. That’s how easy it was. I just kept on walking.” | Speaking about his brazen escape from the Category B prison, Ahmed told the Sunday Mirror: “In my own mind I wanted to test out the security. I thought ‘I’ll give it a go’– and walked out of the door. That’s how easy it was. I just kept on walking.” |