Tattooed burglar walks out of HMP Kirkham

A burglar with tattoos reading 'Mum' and 'The Saint' has absconded from Kirkham prison.
Thomas WelchThomas Welch
Thomas Welch

Thomas Welch, 41, left HMP Kirkham yesterday and has not been seen since.

Welch was jailed for five and a half years for burglary by Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court in 2016.

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He is 6ft tall, with brown hair, hazel eyes and tattoos on his head and neck including ‘Mum’, ‘S.O.T’ and ‘The Saint'. He has a Y-shaped scar on his left cheek and a two inch scar above his right eyebrow.

Anyone with information is asked to contact [email protected], or call 101 quoting log number LC-20180627-1616.