Overview

• Lee did not return to HMP Sudbury on August 7 after being granted temporary release from the open prison.
• Derbyshire Police describe Lee as a 63-year-old white man, 5ft 5ins tall, bald on top with grey hair on the sides, last seen in a blue T-shirt, grey Nike tracksuit bottoms, black boots and blue and black glasses.
• Authorities are asking anyone with information to quote reference 972 and contact Derbyshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously.
• Lee was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court in April 1987 to life with a minimum 15-year term for murdering Ann Worrell in 1986, dragging her to her bed and setting her alight.
• The victim’s daughter, Mandy, says the family is “terrified” by his escape and has been reawakened to anguish after his earlier licence breach in 2018.