Francis Edwards: Manhunt launched for prisoner who has absconded from HMP Hollesley Bay
By Tom Morton
4th Sep 2025, 6:39am
A prisoner has absconded from a prison - and police have launched a manhunt.
Francis Edwards, 39, was reported missing on Wednesday after he was absent at a roll call at the open prison HMP Hollesley Bay.
He is serving three years and two months for burglary and theft offences. Police say he is Caucasian, 5ft 11in - although a picture released of him appears to show him over 6ft - of a medium build, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Edwards also has a scar on his upper right arm.
Anyone with information on Edwards’ whereabouts, or believe they may have seen him, is urged to call Suffolk Police on 101.