A Liverpool prisoner accused of walking out of HMP Kirkham jail appeared in court today.
Stephen William Coulson, 26, faced a charge of escaping from lawful custody when he faced Liverpool Magistrates’ Court.
Coulson, of no fixed address but from the north Liverpool area, was convicted of class B drugs offences and sentenced to two and half years in prison earlier this year.
Lynn Clark, prosecuting, told the court he had absconded from the open prison, near Preston, on Wednesday before handing himself in yesterday. The case was committed to Liverpool Crown Court where Coulson will next appear on December 18.
HMP Kirkham is a Category D prison accepting all suitably allocated prisoners, but not sex offenders, who can reasonably be trusted to serve their sentence in open conditions.
It has a capacity of 630.
Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/