James Francis Hurley

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This article is about the English convicted murderer, James Francis Hurley. For the Australian photographer, film maker and adventurer of the same name, see Frank Hurley.

James Francis Hurley (born cir 1966) is an English convicted murderer and long term fugitive from justice.

Hurley was involved in an armed robbery in the town of Hemel Hempstead on the 14 April 1988. During the robbery, he shot and killed police constable Frank Mason of the Hertfordshire Police. He was convicted of murder in 1989, and sentenced to life inprisonment.[1][2]

On the 16 February 1994, whilst being transferred transferred to Wandsworth Prison by bus, Hurley and another prisoner threatened a prison officer with a knife and Hurley managed to escape. He fled the country, and managed to remain at liberty for 13 years. On the 9 November 2007, Hurley was apprehended by police during a raid on a suspected drug dealer at an address in The Hague, Netherlands.[1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b James Francis Hurley. Metropolitan Police. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
  2. ^ a b http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7103890.stm. BBC (2007-11-20). Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
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