London:
In a bizarre case, a prisoner from UK's Yorkshire broke out of jail as it was full of people from other counties with no fellow Yorkshiremen to mix with.
Richard Milburn, 29, escaped from the prison in Preston near Lancashire last year saying he was unhappy to be surrounded by people from the area.
Milburn, who was jailed for burglary and driving offences, fled from the jail, enjoyed Yorkshire ways for two months before giving himself up when he walked into a police station at his hometown of Bradford, West Yorkshire, the Daily Express reported.
"He was unhappy because it was not Yorkshire people there, it was Lancashire and Liverpool people," prosecuting barrister Paul Nicholson said at Bradford Crown Court on Tuesday.
Milburn's solicitor advocate Alistair Bateman said until his escape, the Yorkshireman had been a model prisoner.
Bateman told the court his client was victimised in prison and was asked by prisoners from the Manchester area to store a mobile phone for them.
Milburn, who admitted escaping from the prison, was jailed for three months with a sentence that will run consecutively to the one that he was already serving.
Milburn has gone from the open prison to a prison in Leeds, commonly known as Armley Prison in Yorkshire. He is due to be freed in November.
Richard Milburn, 29, escaped from the prison in Preston near Lancashire last year saying he was unhappy to be surrounded by people from the area.
Milburn, who was jailed for burglary and driving offences, fled from the jail, enjoyed Yorkshire ways for two months before giving himself up when he walked into a police station at his hometown of Bradford, West Yorkshire, the Daily Express reported.
"He was unhappy because it was not Yorkshire people there, it was Lancashire and Liverpool people," prosecuting barrister Paul Nicholson said at Bradford Crown Court on Tuesday.
Milburn's solicitor advocate Alistair Bateman said until his escape, the Yorkshireman had been a model prisoner.
Bateman told the court his client was victimised in prison and was asked by prisoners from the Manchester area to store a mobile phone for them.
Milburn, who admitted escaping from the prison, was jailed for three months with a sentence that will run consecutively to the one that he was already serving.
Milburn has gone from the open prison to a prison in Leeds, commonly known as Armley Prison in Yorkshire. He is due to be freed in November.
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