ESCAPED killer Joe Masters was back behind bars after a fortnight on the run.

Clitheroe-born Masters had escaped from Wormwood Scrubs and tried to sell his story to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.

The convicted murderer was taken to Preston Prison after being found on board the Blackburn to Manchester train at Darwen station after a tip off.

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