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North-East murderer absconds from prison


A NORTH-East murderer has escaped from prison.

Gary Robert Gibbon was convicted of a murder in Durham and sentenced to life imprisonment at Teesside Crown Court in April 1985.

Gibbon, now 43, absconded from HMP Sudbury, an open prison in Derbyshire, on Friday, February 5.

He is described as white, 5'8" tall, of proportionate build with bald or shaved head, blue eyes, a North-East accent and several scars and tattoos.

Anyone with information on Gibbon should call Derbyshire Police on 0345-123-33-33.


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cj-dog, co.durham says...
1:53pm Mon 8 Feb 10

This wouldn't happen if they had hung him in the first place.

Butafly, Durham says...
1:25pm Tue 9 Feb 10

Very true cj-dod!

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