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    21

    Jun 2021

    Last Updated: 24/06/2021
    Crime
    Crime

    Found: Police issue urgent plea to find missing murderer with local links

    by Calvin Robinson

    | 21 Jun, 2021
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    North Yorkshire Police urges people to get in touch 'as a matter of urgency' with details of any sightings of William Kerr, who was convicted of murder for strangling a woman in Leeds in 1998. Kerr has gone missing after being released on licence in August last year.

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    William Kerr, who was found guilty of murder in 1998.

    Update: Police arrested William Kerr last night in Hull. Officers will now return him to prison. North Yorkshire Police thanked everyone who shared the appeal to find him.

    Police have urged people in the Harrogate district to report any sightings of a missing murderer who has been recalled to prison.

    William Kerr, 59, was convicted of murder in 1998 after strangling Maureen Comfort, 49, in Leeds. He was released from prison on licence in August last year.

    However, his licence has since been revoked and he has been recalled to prison for failing to attend appointments with his probation supervising officer, failing to live at an approved address and displaying poor behaviour.



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    North Yorkshire Police said in a statement Kerr has connections across Yorkshire.

    It said:

    “North Yorkshire Police are urging members of the public to get in touch as a matter of urgency if they see him, or know where he is. To provide information, dial 101 – for an immediate sighting, dial 999.
    “Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
    “Please quote reference number 12210137101 when passing information.”


    Kerr was arrested in 2017 after absconding from HMP Hollesley Bay, near Woodbridge, Suffolk.