A violent prisoner serving a life sentence who absconded from an open jail is being hunted by police in connection with a rape in Scotland.
A violent prisoner serving a life sentence who absconded from an open jail is being hunted by police in connection with a rape in Scotland.
wanted: Lee Cyrus, 47, also goes by the name of Ivan Leach.
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Gordon Currie
Lee Cyrus, who is also known as Ivan Leach, is wanted for questioning by officers investigating an attack on a 23-year-old woman in Perth days after the prisoner disappeared during day release from jail.
Tayside Police did not formally link him with the inquiry into the serious sex attack in Perth last week, but warned the public not to approach him.
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