James Francis Hurley (born circa 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 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 imprisonment.[1][2]
On 16 February 1994, whilst being 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 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]
He was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment in Holland and paroled after 4 years. In November 2011 officer from the tactical team of Hertfordshire Constabulary extradicted Hurley from Holland and returned him to a London prison to serve his sentence for the murder of PC Mason