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Five British convicts escape as inquiry calls tighter prison security
London report says five men broke from Liverpool Prison while Earl Mountbatten led an emergency inquiry into jail security. The probe cites Blake’s escape from Wormwood Scrubs and recommends escape‑proof facilities Isle of Wight and closer police ties, prisoner classification, transport vans, and electronic eavesdropping.
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Lawrence Malkin
London
George Blake
Earl Mountbatten
Liverpool
Mountbatten
Elizabeth I
Roy Jenkins
Blake
Wormwood Scrubs
Charles Wilson
Ronald Biggs
Frank Mitchell
Max Axman
Dartmoor
Isle of Wight
Coor