Tag: castle Huntly

More than a hundred prisoners allowed to go home for Christmas

Scottish News

Guest - December 20, 2012

PRISON bosses have been condemned for sending nearly half the inmates at a Scottish jail home in time for Christmas. HMP Castle Huntly, in Longfornan...

Police hunt prison absconder

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 19, 2012

POLICE have renewed their appeal to track down a prisoner who went missing from an open prison. Daniel Somers, 49, failed to return to HMP...

Violent prisoner hunted by police

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - September 23, 2011

A VIOLENT convict who failed to return to prison is being hunted by police. Thomas McGarva went missing after being given a weeks release to...

Missing prisoner arrested

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - September 21, 2011

A PRISONER who absconded from Castle Huntly has been arrested in Edinburgh. Samuel Boyle Stewart failed to return last week after home leave. A report on...

Prisoners enjoying home visits once a fortnight

Deadline News Journalist - July 4, 2010

By Martin Graham SCOTTISH prisoners are enjoying regular holidays at home while they serve out their sentences, despite a string of absconders failing to return...

Hawk back behind bars after taking flight from Castle Huntly

Shaun Milne - May 25, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond A VIOLENT criminal nicknamed “The Hawk” has turned himself in after being on the run for almost a week. The criminal, whose real...