Two arrested over escaped prisoner

Police investigating the escape of a murderer from custody have arrested two people on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Merseyside Police arrested a 27-year-old man and a 26-yearold woman at a property in Norris Green, Liverpool, on Thursday evening in connection with Shaun Walmsley’s escape.

Walmsley, 28, from Liverpool, fled when two men with a knife and a gun confronted prison officers at Aintree University Hospital during a visit from HMP Walton on Tuesday.