Hollesley Bay: Three prisoners abscond in one day prompting search

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Joshua Terry, Levi Mitchell and Aidan McGuinessImage source, Suffolk Police
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Three prisoners absconded from Hollesley Bay prison on Saturday

Police are searching for three prisoners who absconded from the same open prison in one day.

Two of the men are believed to have left Hollesley Bay prison in Suffolk together on Saturday, while a third was reported missing earlier in the day.

Joshua Lewis Terry, 29, previously from Norfolk and Levi Mitchell, 39, previously from Hertfordshire, were reported missing at 19:00 BST.

Aidan McGuinness, 44, of Barnsley, was reported missing at 09:20 on Saturday.

Suffolk Police has warned the public not to approach them.

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Joshua Terry is believed to have left Hollesley Bay prison with Levi Mitchell

Terry is serving a two-year and four-month sentence at the Category D prison, near Woodbridge, for affray, threatening a person with a blade or sharp-pointed article in a public place and theft.

He is 6ft 2in (1.88m) 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.

Mitchell is 5ft 10in (1.78m) tall with ginger hair and blue eyes. He is of a slight build with a goatee beard. He also has a birthmark on his left arm and hand.

He is currently serving a sentence for multiple burglary offences.

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Levi Mitchell was serving a sentence for multiple burglary offences

McGuinness is 5ft 10in (1.78m) 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.

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Aidan McGuiness first went missing from the open prison on Saturday morning

He is serving a three-year sentence for theft, fraud and possession of Class B drugs.

Police have asked anyone with information to contact them.

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