{"id":689886,"date":"2026-01-11T23:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689886\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T23:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:35:15","slug":"prisoner-is-on-the-run-after-absconding-from-hmp-standford-hill-on-the-isle-of-sheppey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/689886\/","title":{"rendered":"Prisoner is on the run after absconding from HMP Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A criminal is on the run after absconding from an open prison in the county.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Dunn, 53, pictured, left HMP Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey without permission at around 8.55am yesterday morning (January 10).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 552 651\" alt=\"Michael Dunn, 53, left HMP Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey without permission\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"WCI4V4WSTCH40BWAKQYH.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.85\"\/>Michael Dunn, 53, left HMP Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey without permission<\/p>\n<p>Dunn was jailed for six years and four months in <a href=\"https:\/\/kentonline.co.uk\/maidstone\/news\/shoplifter-held-knife-to-delivery-driver-s-neck-in-getaway-b-293752\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 2023 after pleading guilty to robbery offences committed in Maidstone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was last seen wearing a grey hooded top, dark bottoms and black trainers, as well as a black hat and scarf.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from Kent Police are following a number of lines of inquiry to locate him and are now appealing for the public\u2019s assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who sees him or knows where he is should not approach him and should call 999 quoting reference 10-0558.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A criminal is on the run after absconding from an open prison in the county. Michael Dunn, 53,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[30,188,2081,9137,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-689886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-isle-of-sheppey","12":"tag-maidstone","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115879092114252065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689886","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=689886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}