MISSING prisoner Alan Giles is back in police custody after he was found in Alcester - 10 days after absconding from prison.

Giles – who absconded from HMP Hewell near Redditch on Monday, October 28 – was arrested in the Gunnings Road area of the town after a call from a member of the public who believed they had spotted him at just after 6pm.

The area was immediately flooded with police officers and although the 56-year-old initially tried to evade officers, he was quickly apprehended and has now be taken into custody in Redditch.

Detective Chief Inspector Paul Judge said: “We are very pleased to have tracked down Mr Giles as the search for him has taken up an enormous amount of our time and resources over the past ten days.

“As we always suspected a tip off from a member of the public was key to us bringing Mr Giles back into custody tonight and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank every single person who has come forward with information to help our investigation.

“We have been really impressed by the amount of information that has come in and how keen people have been to help us with our enquiries.

“I’d also like to thank the media for their excellent support in keeping Mr Giles’ escape in the spotlight as this has been really helpful to ensure our appeals for infromation were seen by as wide an audience as possible.

“Clearly we have a huge amount of work to do now Mr Giles has been located and arrested and therefore we will not be making any further comment on this matter this evening.”