HMP Leyhill inmate Albert Stanley on run after home leave Published duration 23 September 2014

image copyright Police image caption Albert Edward Stanley was due back to the prison on Monday after being allowed home leave in Guildford

A convicted murderer is on the run from HMP Leyhill after being allowed home leave in Guildford, police said.

Albert Edward Stanley, 63, was given a life sentence in 1980 for a murder he committed in East Sussex. He was transferred to Leyhill last year.

Stanley failed to return to the prison in South Gloucestershire on Monday. As well as Surrey, he has links in Sussex.