Attempted murder prisoner on the run with links to Liverpool

Police have launched an urgent appeal after a man serving a long sentence absconded from an open prison in Cheshire.

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00:00Police are warning people across Merseyside not to approach a prisoner who has absconded

00:06from an open prison in Cheshire.

00:08Kieran Cameron went missing from HMP Thorn Cross in Warrington just after 8.20 on Tuesday

00:14evening.

00:15The 43-year-old is serving a 23-year sentence for attempted murder following a 2016 attack.

00:23Cameron is described as white, around 5 feet 6 inches tall, of medium build, with heavily

00:29receding hair and a ginger and grey beard.

00:32Officers say he has links to Liverpool, Manchester and Dorset.

00:36Detectives are appealing for information but stress the public should not approach him and

00:41instead call 999 immediately if they see him.