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was a prisoner hiding revealed In a house after escaping with a fake bail letter.
Junaid Ahmed, 36, of Warli Road, brentwoodwas convicted of fraud in 2023. While awaiting sentencing in HMP ChelmsfordAryan Noor Ali, 20, of Monteagle Avenue, Barking, allegedly sent a fake order from the Royal Courts of Justice to prison that June.
The order appeared to be genuine and later that day, Ahmed was released. The following day the alarm was raised after HMP Chelmsford received orders for the release of two more prisoners.
Investigation of Ahmed revealed contacts with his wife Nazash Akhtar.
A search of an address in Greenway, Shenfield, to arrest 38-year-old Akhtar led to the discovery that Ahmed was hiding in the attic, where he was arrested.
Akhtar, Ahmed and Ali all admitted conspiring to escape from lawful custody. He was given a jail sentence of two years, suspended for two years, three years and three months, and two years and two months respectively.