Escaped prisoner found hiding in loft after using hoax bail letter | News

It turns out that a prisoner who escaped with a fake bail letter was hiding in the attic.

Junead Ahmed, 36, of Warley Road, Brentwood, was convicted of fraud in 2023. While awaiting sentencing at HMP Chelmsford, Aaryan Noor Ali, 20, of Monteagle Avenue, Barking, sent a false order purporting to be from the Royal Courts of Justice to the prison that June.

The order turned out to be genuine and Ahmed was released later the same day. The alarm was raised after HMP Chelmsford received further release orders for two other prisoners the following day.

During the checks carried out on Ahmed, it was determined that he had contact with his wife Nazash Akhtar.

A search of an address in Greenway, Shenfield, to arrest 38-year-old Akhtar, revealed Ahmed was hiding in the attic where he was arrested.

Akhtar, Ahmed and Ali admitted to conspiring to escape from lawful custody. The defendants were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, three years and three months, and two years and two months, respectively.