Police urgently hunting sex offender after escape from prison

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prison where he is serving a life sentence for aggravated burglary.HMP North Sea Camp in Boston, Lincolnshire, has reported Gary Butcher, 55, has escaped just three months after another sex offender did a runner.

As police ask the public to keep an eye out for the convict, he has been described as a white male with a stocky build with a swallow tattoo on his right arm and a “Phillip-Trina” tattoo on his left arm.Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Inspector Paul Coleman has released a plea for information in finding Butcher, who may have travelled to the Leicestershire area.

Det Insp Coleman said: “We are appealing for help to locate Gary Butcher who was reported missing from North Sea Camp this morning.“If you have any information to his current whereabouts, please contact us immediately.

If you do see him, please do not approach him and instead, call us on 101 quoting incident 37 of 31 st May and if it’s an emergency, dial 999.”Sex offender Paul Robson who absconded from the same open prison earlier this year, was discovered in Skegness following a four-day manhunt.North Sea Camp is a Category D men's prison for convicts coming towards the end of their custody.The Government's website says the prison is "committed to providing a safe and educational environment where men can learn new skills to help them on release."It continues: "As an open prison, its main focus is on resettling the residents and getting them used to working in the community."There is a job club and Jobcentre Plus, self-employment classes and paid opportunities to work outside prison."For more shocking stories from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters hereIt was originally a borstal which opened in 1935.Borstal trainees.