Arsonist on the run - after being temporarily released from Derbyshire open prison

An offender has absconded from Sudbury open prison in Derbyshire.
Phillip Willis. Picture: Derbyshire police.Phillip Willis. Picture: Derbyshire police.
Phillip Willis. Picture: Derbyshire police.

Phillip Henry Willis, 65, was released on temporary licence yesterday - but failed to reach his destination near Peterborough.

Willis, who has links to Cambridgeshire and Kettering in Northamptonshire, is serving a sentence for arson.

Anyone who sees Willis or who knows where he is should call police on 101, quoting Derbyshire incident number 963 of December 6.