Ivan Leach: Arrested in Camden after seven-week manhunt
4 December 2012
A prisoner who went on the run for nearly two months will appear in court today charged with being unlawfully at large.
Ivan Leach, 47, absconded from an open prison on October 9, sparking a police search across Scotland and England.
He was arrested on Sunday in Camden, north London, after going on the run from North Sea Camp open prison in Boston, Lincolnshire.
He has been charged with being unlawfully at large, contrary to Section 49 of the Prison Act 1952, Scotland Yard said.
Leach, from Preston, was jailed in 2005 for robbing a 90-year-old woman in her home in the city.
He was given a life sentence with a minimum tariff of five years.
Leach, also known as Lee Cyrus, will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court.
