Escaped prisoner fooled staff with pumpkin in bed

An escaped captive fooled unit into reasoning helium was dormant by putting a pumpkin and a boiler suit stuffed with apparel successful his bed.

Aaron Wood spent 2 days connected the tally aft absconding from North Sea Camp adjacent Boston connected 22 September.

He was caught with a weapon successful Skegness, wherever helium claimed to beryllium doing a foundation walk.

The 54-year-old, who was fixed beingness successful 1998 for murdering a 40-year-old woman, admitted making a "crow man" decoy and pleaded blameworthy astatine Lincoln Crown Court connected Monday to escaping custody and carrying a bladed article.

The tribunal heard Wood was reported missing by his cellmate conscionable earlier 08:00 BST connected 23 September.

Phil Howes, prosecuting, described North Sea Camp arsenic an "open establishment" wherever inmates were "trusted not to leave".

"Wood hid his disappearance by stuffing a boiler suit afloat of covering and utilizing a pumpkin arsenic a head," helium said.

"This was capable to fool a cheque astatine 01:15 BST erstwhile a subordinate of situation unit looked done the compartment window."

Wood was located astir 50 miles (80km) from the situation successful the colony of South Somercotes astatine astir 18:00 connected 24 September.

Police were made alert of his whereabouts erstwhile a household subordinate told them they had fto him enactment overnight successful their caravan.

The tribunal heard Wood had 29 different erstwhile convictions for 110 offences implicit a 17-year period.

They included 2 erstwhile escapes, 9 location burglaries, 3 bladed limb offences, grievous bodily harm and battle causing existent bodily harm.

Michael Cranmer-Brown, mitigating, said Wood had "severe intelligence wellness anxieties" and "thought helium was ne'er going to get out".

Wood has present been returned to stricter situation conditions and faces a minimum hold of 20 months earlier helium tin spell earlier a Parole Board.

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