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Radio 4,1 min

Prisoner faked his own release papers

Six O'Clock News

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Neil Moore, a convict, escaped from prison after setting up a fake court website and issuing instructions for his release, has been jailed for seven years. Moore, who was 28, then e-mailed staff at Wandsworth Prison to tell them he had been granted bail using a smuggled phone. The judge at Southwark Crown Court to described it as an act of "ingenious criminality":

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