A man who absconded from Thorn Cross prison in Warrington yesterday leading to traffic chaos on the nearby motorway network is back in custody.
Police have now located and arrested Jonathan Simpson who had last been seen at HMP Thorn Cross in Appleton at 9am, yesterday, Wednesday 23 March.
The 40-year-old with links to West Yorkshire is now back in custody.
The incident led to traffic chaos on the nearby motorway network.
Highways North West announced, shortly after 6pm, that due to the incident, all traffic approaching the M56 and M6 junction would be stopped. This caused severe delays on both motorways in each direction.
Traffic was first held at around 6pm, and did not start being released again until around 8pm, two hours later – by which point there were significant queues in each direction. There was also a large police presence as Cheshire Police tried to track down Simpson.
4 Comments
Wasn’t it a car crash that cause the delays in the motorway….
No the police closed the motorway near the prison for two hours from around 6pm as part fo the search
Brilliant. Well done
I would have to ask if he is such a danger to the public what is he doing in an open prison.