Escaped killer in court

ARNOLD Pickering

A CONVICTED killer has admitted going on the run after fleeing day release.

Arnold Pickering (44), from Chadderton, fled while on temporary release from HMP Kennet in Maghull, Merseyside.

He was allowed out on Saturday, May 17, but didn’t return that evening, prompting a huge manhunt.

He was arrested in Oldham three days later. The inmate appeared from Walton prison at Liverpool Crown Court via videolink.

Pickering, serving life for stabbing a man to death, pleaded guilty to being unlawfully at large. He will be sentenced later.