Wanted absconder arrested
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Wanted absconder Sean Phipps has been arrested.
The prisoner absconded from HMP Leyhill on Wednesday 1 June. Police officers in Leicestershire detained Phipps, 51, at around 10pm yesterday (Friday 9 September). He has now been handed over to our officers.
He was originally imprisoned for kidnap and rape.
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