Overview
- South Yorkshire Police say the 39-year-old failed to return to HMP Hatfield on 8 October after release on temporary licence while serving a sentence for conspiracy to defraud.
- Enquiries remain ongoing, with appeals shared by Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Police and links highlighted to Dorset and other areas.
- Ward is described as white, around 5ft 8ins tall, with short brown hair and stubble, and is known to use the names John Ward, Patrick Noel Christopher Ward, Noel Coke and Noel James Coyle.
- Police advise the public not to approach him, to call 999 for sightings, and to use 101, the online portal or live chat for other information quoting investigation 14/177145/25.
- Anyone who has seen or spoken to him recently or knows where he may be staying is asked to contact police.