Prison escapees found having a pint in Kettering pub

Two prisoners were found having a pint in a Kettering pub - after escaping from a jail more than 50 miles away.

Officers were called to popular pub The Stitching Pony in Market Street at about 9.40pm on Wednesday night (September 9) after reports the men were inside having a drink.

They had escaped from HMP Sudbury, a Category D prison in Derbyshire, earlier that evening and were then taken back to custody.

Two men have since been charged with escaping from lawful custody.

They are 28-year-old Peter Arthur Johnson, of HMP Sudbury, and 31-year-old Vincent Desmond Israel, also of HMP Sudbury.

Both men are formerly from Corby.

Johnson appeared before magistrates in Northampton on Thursday.

Israel was due to appear at the same court on Friday.

A Prison Service spokesman said: “Both men have been recaptured and are back in custody.”

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