TWO men who walked out of an open prison and went on the run are back in jail.
Burnley Crown Court heard that Stephen Burton and Gary Davenport, both 20, set off walking to East Lancashire from Warrington but then Burton took a car for the journey home when it started raining.
They were caught after turning into a dead end and hitting a gazebo in a garden.
Davenport, who was the passenger, was arrested and Burton ran off but was captured a short distance away.
Both have now been given extra prison terms for the escapade after Judge Christopher Cornwall said there had to be further custody.
The judge said those given the advantage of being in an open detention centre must understand that if they walked out they would spend further time inside.
Davenport, of Woodley Avenue, Accrington, and Burton, from Burnley, but of no fixed address, both admitted escape.
Burton was given an extra 10 months while Davenport was ordered to serve six extra months.
Burton also pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, driving without insurance and driving while disqualified. Davenport also admitted being carried in a vehicle taken without authority.
The court was told that both men were discovered missing from a roll call at Thorn Cross Young Offenders' Institution last November 25.
Burton had earlier been given an 18-month sentence and Davenport two years and five months. Both men had been convicted of burglary and had lengthy criminal records.
Police followed the defendants in a speeding stolen car on Accrington Road, Burnley, and saw it turn into a driveway in a dead end.
Richard Taylor, for Burton, said Burton had been "suffering quite badly," at Thorn Cross. He was unable to deal with it and decided to go home.
Burton had now been returned to Lancaster Farms Young Offenders Institution. If he had not committed the offences, he would have been tagged on January 5 but his earliest release date was now May 18.
For Davenport, Mark Stuart said no violence was used to prison officers and no bars were taken out.
The barrister added that there were more drugs at Thorn Cross than anywhere else the defendant had been and his girlfriend had had an abortion.
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