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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Joseph Bagley: Convicted on-the-run killer recaptured by police in Kent

Joseph Bagley was last seen on May 12 after he missed his curfew. (Picture: Surrey Police)

A convicted killer, who disappeared after being released on licence, has been found.

Joseph Bagley, 66, was jailed for life in 1978 for the murder of taxi driver Timothy Hall in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Bagley, who was 25 when he was convicted alongside a 16-year-old boy, was arrested in Kent.

He was released from prison on a supervised licence in January.

He was last seen on May 12 in Maidstone after he failed to turn up for his curfew.

Detective Sergeant Laura Hendy, from Kent Police, said: "We would like to thank everyone who shared our appeal and assisted with our search and would particularly like to thank our colleagues at Kent Police who secured his arrest.

"We carried out numerous enquiries to find and arrest him, working alongside colleagues from other forces, and he is now back in custody."

Bagley previously went on the run in 1994 after escaping during an escorted home visit to an elderly relative in Woking, Surrey, from Coldingley prison, Weybridge.

He was recaptured more than a month later in January 1995.

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