North-East murderer absconds from prison (From The Northern Echo)
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North-East murderer absconds from prison
11:05am Monday 8th February 2010 in
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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