Armed robber, 66, who walked out of open prison 12 years ago found living 50 miles away

An armed robber and getaway driver who walked out of an open prison 12 years ago has been finally caught after he was found living 50 miles away under a false name. Some 12 years after he disappeared, Crafts was found living under a different name in Plumstead, South East London, on August 7. Gary Crafts escaped from Standford Hill open prison on the Isle of Sheppey in 2008 while serving a life sentence for armed robbery Crafts was jailed for life in 2000 under the 'two strikes and you're out' law, which had been introduced three years earlier, after being convicted of attempted robbery and one firearm charge. A spokesman for Kent Police said after Crafts was arrested: 'Gary Crafts was convicted of an armed robbery in 1999 and was at Stanford Hill prison when he absconded in 2008.