Killer escapes on trip to town
A convicted murderer is on the run after absconding while on an escorted visit to Stafford.
Brian Clayton, aged 45, was visiting the town with a prisoner officer when he made his escape at around 3.25pm yesterday, near Boots in Market Square.
Police say the man was taken to Stafford as part of prison plans to prepare him to be released into the community.
Clayton, from Chelmsley Wood, is serving a life sentence at Featherstone Prison near Wolverhampton for a murder he committed in 1984.
Pete Bate, spokesman for West Midlands police, said: "At the moment he is still at large. He has no ties to the Stafford area so we believe he may have made his way back to the Birmingham area."
Police urged anyone who sees Clayton not to approach him as he is considered potentially dangerous.
