AN escaped prisoner was seen in Burnley calling on a friend for a cup of tea.
The man, who was serving a 12-year sentence, popped in to see his friend in Padiham Road and she called police.
Every police officer in the town was alerted but their search proved fruitless and it was believed he left the area.
The man was one of two prisoners still free after a gang of six men escaped from Strangeways three weeks earlier.
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