Police launch manhunt after convicted murderer flees open prison in Scotland
Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly in Dundee at 5.30pm on TuesdayPolice have launched a manhunt after a convicted murderer escaped from an open prison in Scotland. Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly in Dundee at 5.30pm on Tuesday. Police Scotland have warned the public not to approach him. McCourt is described as 6ft 2in, stocky, with short grey hair and a beard and has reduced mobility. He uses public transport, with connections to the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas, the force added. The convicted murderer was last known to be wearing a long black trenchcoat, grey dress trousers, a grey waistcoat, a blue shirt with a red and white tie and brown shoes. McCourt was jailed for life in 1993 for the murder of shopkeeper Khalid Mahmood and for shooting a woman, Moira Rooney, and PC Brian Williams, who was giving chase.He was jailed for charges including murder, attempted murder, assault and robbery, assault to severe injury and firearms offences. McCourt was freed in 2015 but returned to prison after admitting stealing his partner’s valuables from her home in Perthshire and selling them within weeks of being released. Continue reading...
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Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly in Dundee at 5.30pm on Tuesday
Police have launched a manhunt after a convicted murderer escaped from an open prison in Scotland.
Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly in Dundee at 5.30pm on Tuesday.
Police Scotland have warned the public not to approach him.
McCourt is described as 6ft 2in, stocky, with short grey hair and a beard and has reduced mobility.
He uses public transport, with connections to the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas, the force added.
The convicted murderer was last known to be wearing a long black trenchcoat, grey dress trousers, a grey waistcoat, a blue shirt with a red and white tie and brown shoes.
McCourt was jailed for life in 1993 for the murder of shopkeeper Khalid Mahmood and for shooting a woman, Moira Rooney, and PC Brian Williams, who was giving chase.
He was jailed for charges including murder, attempted murder, assault and robbery, assault to severe injury and firearms offences.
McCourt was freed in 2015 but returned to prison after admitting stealing his partner’s valuables from her home in Perthshire and selling them within weeks of being released. Continue reading...
