A POLICE manhunt is under way after another Hollesley Bay prisoner absconded from the prison.

A POLICE manhunt is under way after another Hollesley Bay inmate absconded from the prison.

Gavin Horwood is the second to go on the run in a week.

The 21-year-old was serving three years and six months for robbery when he left the prison between 5.15pm and 8pm on Saturday .

Horwood is described as white, 5ft 9ins tall, of small build, with brown hair and brown eyes and a tattoo on his lower right arm.

He has connections to the Bournemouth area.

A violent fellow inmate, Geoff Hayward, 28, is still on the run after going missing from the same prison the previous Saturday. Anyone who may have seen either man, or who may have information about where they are now, should call telephone 01473 613500 or contact their nearest police station.