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Man who walked out of open prison nine years ago jailed again
He came back because his mother was ill
HMP North Sea Camp. | Photo: Google Maps/Peter Laing
An inmate who walked out of North Sea Camp open prison remained free for nearly nine years before eventually being brought to justice, Lincoln Crown Court was told on Monday.
Shied Riasat initially arranged for a friend to give him a lift back to his home city of Sheffield when he left the prison in May 2012 and then made his way to the south of England.
The court was told that Riasat found a job working for a Sainsbury’s store in Surrey and then left the country.
Woman jailed after stabbing husband 25 times
Husband spent weeks recovering in hospital
Joanne Singleton was jailed for eight-and-a-half-years. | Photo: Humberside Police
A 49-year-old woman from a village near Scunthorpe has been jailed for eight-and-half-years after leaving her husband with 25 stab wounds.
Joanne Singleton, of Derrythorpe Road in Althorpe, was convicted of Grievous Bodily Harm with intent after the incident which happened at around 2.40pm on Monday, September 7 last year.
The court heard how the day before the incident, Joanne approached her daughter with concerns that her husband, Kevin Singleton, was having an affair, which he had previously denied.
As Kevin entered the family kitchen on September 7, Joanne was holding a knife in each hand and attacked Kevin in a fit of rage.