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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Jeanette Oldham & John Scheerhout

Prisoner goes on the run - then phones his local paper to say 'jail's driving me insane'

A convicted robber escaped from prison - then called his local paper to say jail was 'driving me insane'. But fugitive Greggor Grey, 42, has vowed to hand himself in.

He had served 17 years of a sentence for robbery when he absconded from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire on May 15. It is understood he could have been released after just three years as part of an indeterminate Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) but he has remained behind bars, BirminghamLive reports.

Police have warned the public not to approach the fugitive. In an emotional phone call to a BirminghamLive reporter, Grey said he intended to give himself up before his next scheduled parole hearing.

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