A convicted murderer who killed a woman three decades ago has absconded from an open prison in Derbyshire.
Police said that Darren Jackson, 51, walked out of HMP Sudbury on Tuesday morning, where he was serving part of a life sentence for murder.
Jackson was convicted of killing 29-year-old Gill Ellis while she was on her way home from a Christmas party in 1984, when he was 19.
The prisoner is described as a slim, white, 6ft 4in man, with short grey hair and a tribal tattoo on his wrist. His last known address was in Oldham.
Jackson previously escaped from the medium-security HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire in 1997 and went on the run for three days, making his way back to Lancashire, before being captured.
He was released in 2007 after serving 21 years in jail, but was later recalled to prison.
Derbyshire police urged anyone with information as to his whereabouts to contact Crimestoppers or police on 101.
