{"id":668445,"date":"2026-01-02T06:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/668445\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T06:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:57:19","slug":"police-share-new-image-of-absconded-prisoner-who-has-links-to-ayrshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/668445\/","title":{"rendered":"Police share new image of absconded prisoner who has links to Ayrshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have warned members of the public not to approach James Fitzpatrick, who was reported missing on Tuesday, December 30<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_image-52.jpg\" alt=\"James Fitzpatrick\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>James Fitzpatrick(Image: Police Scotland)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"OfficersLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Officers<\/a> who are searching for an absconded prisoner who has links to Ayrshire have shared a new image, as their search continues into 2026. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/news\/glasgow-news\/cops-hunt-missing-scots-prisoner-33144184\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"James FitzpatrickLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">James Fitzpatrick<\/a> was reported missing on Tuesday, December 30, after failing to return to HMP Castle Huntly, near Dundee, from an approved visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police say extensive enquiries are ongoing to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowlive.co.uk\/all-about\/missing-people\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"traceLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">trace<\/a> the 36-year-old. He is described as being white, around 5ft 8in tall, of stocky build, with short brown hair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When last seen he was wearing a black Nike tracksuit with white stripes down the arms and legs and had a yellow JD Sports carrier bag and a black holdall bag. Fitzpatrick was last seen in Irvine town centre around 11.20am on Monday, December 29, and may have boarded a bus to Ardrossan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_JS391798221.jpg\" alt=\"Fitzpatrick was last seen in Irvine town centre\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Fitzpatrick was last seen in Irvine town centre<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was last seen in Irvine town centre around 11.20am on Monday 29 December and may have boarded a bus heading to Ardrossan. Members of the public are advised not to approach him of they see him, but to contact police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson said: &#8220;Anyone with any information is asked to contact 999, quoting reference 2717 of Monday, 29 December, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Alternatively contact Crimestoppers through 0800 555 111, where anonymity can be maintained.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have warned members of the public not to approach James Fitzpatrick, who was reported missing on Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,188,918,4884,10008,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-668445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-glasgow","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-missing-people","13":"tag-police-scotland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115824207108332880","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}