A DANGEROUS prisoner was on the run last night for the second time
after making his getaway in an ambulance for the disabled.
John Tierney Dobbie, described by police as a danger to the public,
escaped while on a work placement from Dungavel Prison, near Strathaven,
to a nursing home in Wishaw.
A police hunt was under way last night and the public were warned not
to approach him. The ambulance, an H-reg two tone blue Ford Transit,
Dobbie is 5ft 9in, slim, with short black hair going grey. He has
green eyes, a moustache, and a scar on his left hand.
He was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, grey sweater, yellow
shirt, blue denims, and black shoes. Police said he walked with a stoop.
Dobbie, 39, was jailed in 1985 for 15 years for a violent armed raid
on a post office in Easterhouse. Twelve days after being sentenced he
escaped after hiding in a laundry bag being taken out of Barlinnie in a
van.
After being recaptured Dobbie was transferred to Dungavel. He was
allowed out on the special work duty to the Alex Anderson House in East
Thornlie Street, Wishaw.
A police spokesman said last night: ''We believe he may be a danger to
the public and advise anyone who spots him not to approach him but to
report the sighting immediately to the nearest police office or
officer.''
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