Bristol Crown Court (16722657)
A 50-YEAR-OLD man is due to appear in Bristol Magistrates Court this morning after being charged with evading lawful custody from Leyhill.
Robert James Hennessey, formerly known as Simon Dominic Hennessey, was charged yesterday after being arrested at Heathrow Airport following deportation from Australia.
The charge relates to Hennessey’s alleged absconsion from HMP Leyhill in 1998. He was serving a life sentence for the manslaughter of his aunt in Plymouth in 1978.
Hennessey was arrested on unrelated offences in the Queensland area of Australia in 2013.
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