Police are hunting for Roger Simmons, a missing Hollesley Bay prisoner (Image: Suffolk Police)
A convicted burglar has gone missing from a prison in Suffolk.
Police are searching for Roger Simmons, aged 47, who was serving a 17-year prison sentence for a range of burgling offences at Hollesley Bay, near Woodbridge.
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The prisoner failed to return on Tuesday after he had been granted some time on home leave.
He has links to the Anerley area of south-east London.
Anyone who believes they have seen Simmons, or who has any information regarding his whereabouts, is asked to contact Suffolk police.
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