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    Home - UK News - Missing inmate found three days after motorway escape from prison van in Lancashire

    Missing inmate found three days after motorway escape from prison van in Lancashire

    Missing inmate found three days after motorway escape from prison van in Lancashire

    Missing inmate found three days after motorway escape from prison van in Lancashire

    • WTX News Editor
    • March 22, 2025
    • 7:28 pm
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    Cliff Notes – Missing inmate found three days after motorway escape

    • Jamie Cooper, 33, escaped from a prison van on the M55 motorway near Catforth while en route to court on Wednesday morning.
    • He was located in Blackburn on Saturday after police stopped a car that had travelled from Bolton; he was arrested on suspicion of escaping lawful custody.
    • Lancashire Police thanked the public for their assistance in the search for Cooper.

    Missing inmate found three days after motorway escape from prison van in Lancashire

    An inmate who escaped from a prison van on a motorway has been found after a three-day search.

    Jamie Cooper, 33, fled from the vehicle on the M55 motorway near Catforth, Preston, as it was travelling to Lancaster Magistrates’ Court shortly before 9am on Wednesday, Lancashire Police said in a statement.

    He has been arrested on suspicion of escaping from lawful custody.

    Found in Blackburn

    He was found in Blackburn on Saturday afternoon after officers stopped a car that had travelled from Bolton, the force said.

    “Over the last few days we had asked for your help to find wanted Jamie Cooper who absconded from a prison van on the M55 near Preston,” Lancashire Police said in a post on Facebook on Saturday afternoon.

    “To update you, Cooper, 33, was found in Blackburn this afternoon after a car which had travelled from Bolton, was stopped by officers.

    “He was arrested on suspicion of escaping from lawful custody and is now in custody.”

    Officers thanked those who shared the appeal to find Cooper.

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