CONVICTED RAPIST ON THE RUN AFTER ESCAPING OPEN PRISON
Rapist James Donoghue, who attacked a woman in her own home, was found after absconding from Leyhill prison.
He had been serving a life sentence for his crimes.
Donoghue was last seen at around 5pm after walking out of HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire.
He was caught by police on a train at Waterloo station in London.
Donoghue, aged 50, was sentenced in December 2009 for a serious sexual assault committed in Maidstone.
He had broken into a woman's home, taken degrading indecent pictures of her, sexually assaulted her, and raped her twice after she disturbed him during a burglary.
When sentenced, a judge ordered that he should serve at least 10 years before consideration of parole.
He was living in a Maidstone bail hostel before the attack.
Police described him as white, approximately 5ft 10ins tall, of slight build, bald with blue eyes.
Authorities appealed to the public not to approach him and to call 999 if spotted, providing reference 5217147605.
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
Europe
Continent
from Ireland
- based on surname
42.9%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United States
38.1%
Surname region
Europe
Ireland
42.9%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
Leyhill in South Gloucestershire. He was caught by police on a train at Waterloo station in London. Donoghue, aged 50, was sentenced in December 2009 for a serious sexual assault committed in Maidstone. He had broken into a woman's home,...
Life or indeterminate sentence
life
He had been serving a life sentence for his crimes
