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Escaped prisoner is charged

A prisoner who went on the run for nearly two months has been charged with "being unlawfully at large", police said.

Ivan Leach, 47, absconded from an open prison on October 9, sparking a police search across Scotland and England.

He was arrested in Camden, north London, after going on the run from North Sea Camp open prison in Boston, Lincolnshire.

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