{"id":365164,"date":"2026-01-11T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/365164\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:52:10","slug":"prisoner-is-on-the-run-after-absconding-from-hmp-standford-hill-on-the-isle-of-sheppey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/365164\/","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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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":365165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1343,924,59,57,58,189,1318,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-365164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-courts","tag-crime","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-isle-of-sheppey","tag-maidstone","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}