Global Information1995 HM Prison Parkhurst escape information
 Entrance to HM Prison Parkhurst | |
| Date | January 3–7, 1995 |
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| Time | c.17:45 GMT (3 January) - 21:00 GMT (7 January) |
| Duration | 4 days |
| Location | HM Prison Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
| Type | Prison escape, manhunt |
| Motive | Freedom |
| Participants | Matthew Williams, Keith Rose and Andrew Rodger |
| Outcome | Returned to prison |
| Inquiries | Learmont Inquiry |
| Arrests | 3 |
| Charges | Escape from lawful custody |
| Convictions | Two-years-imprisonment |
The 1995 HM Prison Parkhurst escape took place on 3 January, 1995, where three Category A prisoners, Matthew Williams, Keith Rose and Andrew Rodger, escaped from HM Prison Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, England.
The group spent 4 days on the run, attempting to leave the island via both airplane and boat. However, this failed and the men were captured and returned to prison, receiving an additional two-year-imprisonment for escaping lawful custody.
Prior to 1995, the last time a person had escaped from Parkhurst, was George Jackson, who, in 1946, was on the run for 11 days before being recaptured near the Hare and Houses pub in Downend. Another similar example of an escape involved Parkhurst prisoners in 1966, however, they had fled off a prison transport bus, not from the prison itself, after they were being returned from court to the prison.[1][2]
After the 1995 escape from Parkhurt, it would be another 17 years before another Category A prisoner escaped, when 31-year-old John Anslow was freed by three men armed with sledgehammers in January 2012.[3]
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- ^ "George Jackson". Cowes Heritage and Community Group. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ^ "Murder suspect escapes in prison van ambush". The Times. 2024-03-05. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-03-05.