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Two Inmates Escape Suffolk Prison, Police Launch Manhunt

2/25/2026

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James Dooley (23) and Andrew Cash (32) escaped from HMP Hollesley Bay in Suffolk, prompting a police search.
Dooley is serving a six-year sentence for burglary and intent to pervert justice.
Cash is serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence for burglary.
The inmates were reported missing early this morning, with Dooley linked to Wood Green, Waltham Cross and Slough and Cash linked to Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Southampton.

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Story summary

James Dooley (23) and Andrew Cash (32) escaped from HMP Hollesley Bay in Suffolk, prompting a police search.
Dooley is serving a six-year sentence for burglary and intent to pervert justice.
Cash is serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence for burglary.
The inmates were reported missing early this morning, with Dooley linked to Wood Green, Waltham Cross and Slough and Cash linked to Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Southampton.