Prisoner climbed Pentonville jail wall to escape

Name: Prisoner climbed Pentonville jail wall to escape
Uploaded: 2012-06-28T12:59:21.000Z
Duration: 2 min 1 s
Description: Convicted murderer John Massey, who has escaped from Pentonville prison in north London, climbed the wall using a makeshift rope, the BBC understands.

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A convicted murderer is on the run after escaping over a wall at Pentonville prison in north London.

John Massey was jailed in 1975 for the murder of a man in east London, and is one of the UK's longest serving prisoners.

The Ministry of Justice has launched an investigation after Massey used a make-shift rope to escape.

Tom Symonds reports.

28 June 2012