Police launch manhunt after three abscond from Suffolk prison

Suffolk Police are asking for help from locals to locate the three prisoners who went missing yesterday

Author: Josh BarnesPublished 22nd Oct 2023
Last updated 22nd Oct 2023

In two separate reported incidents, three men have absconded from HMP Hollesley Bay.

The Category D prison is located around 8 miles south of Woodbridge.

Police received the first report just before 9.20am yesterday morning. Aidan McGuiness, 44, previously from the Barnsley area, had been reported missing.

He is described as 5ft 10inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. He is of a thin build with a clean-shaven face and a slight northern accent. He also has a ‘Zara’ tattoo on his left wrist.

McGuiness was serving a three year sentence for theft, fraud and possession of a controlled drug of Class B charges.

Aidan McGuiness

Police the received another report that Joshua Lewis Terry, 29, previously from the Norfolk , and Levi Mitchell, 39, previously from the Hertfordshire, had also been reported missing.

Joshua Lewis Terry is described as 6ft 2inches tall with ginger hair and blue eyes. He is of a thin build with stubble facial hair. He also has a tattoo on his lower arm of a star.

He is serving a two year and four-month sentence for affray, threatening a person with a blade in a public place and theft.

Joshua Terry

Levi Mitchell is described as 5ft 10inches tall with ginger hair and blue eyes. He is of a slight build with goatee. He also has a birthmark on his left arm and hand.

He is currently serving a sentence for multiple burglary offences.

Police say enquiries are ongoing to locate the men. Anyone who knows of their whereabouts or has seen them should not approach them, but should contact Suffolk Police.

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