A PRISONER who escaped from behind bars more than two months ago has been recaptured by police in Essex.
Gary Edwards, 31, was serving a sentence for aggravated burglary at Hollesley Bay prison, in Suffolk, when he escaped on February 14.
Since that time police have carried out extensive visits, enquiries and checks into where he could be.
Then at shortly before 9am this morning (May 1) Suffolk officers received notification from Essex police that Edwards had contacted them stating he wished to hand himself in.
He is now in custody at Harlow and will be returned to the prison system.
