In 1987, John Kendall was serving an 8 years stretch at Gartree Prison near Leicester. But he didn't want to continue to stay in the regimented environment and plotted to escape. With £250,000 and a network of contacts, on 10 December, it was time for the plan to be activated.
In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast, I tell the stories of the men involved in the escape and what happened to them.....
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Writing credit
Steve Percival
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Sources
https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/plaque-unveiled-hero-railway-worker-killed-1973-1434693
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kennedy_(security_guard)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/daring-escape-foiled-by-jail-staff-who-read-between-the-lines-2004769.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/05/duncancampbell1
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/faces-of-the-terrorists-and-the-criminal-who-didnt-get-away-1448196.html
https://www.macearchive.org/films/central-news-east-26061989-escape-gartree
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12084754.payroll-robbers-sentence-reduced-killers-jail-term-cut-by-five-years/
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1988/jan/21/gartree-prison-escape
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