A man awaiting sentence for fraud in HMP Chelmsford arranged to have a forged High Court letter claiming he had been approved for release sent to the prison – and was let out.
Even experienced staff were fooled, and the 36-year-old walked out of the prison gates. Unfortunately for him, he then used the same method on two more occasions to try to get other men released, but the prison got suspicious at this rush of similar letters from the courts, refused to free the other two, and then tracked down the originator and took him back inside.
Six people have now been convicted of being part of the plot, which Judge Mary Loram KC told Chelmsford Crown Court had been “meticulously planned and very serious”. All six pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
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