SUFFOLK police are seeking a prisoner who has absconded while on a temporary release.Mark Harris, 31, who is serving a five-year sentence for robbery, was given a temporary release licence to transfer from Highpoint Prison in Suffolk to Kirkham Open Prison in Lancashire.

SUFFOLK police are seeking a prisoner who has absconded while on a temporary release.

Mark Harris, 31, who is serving a five-year sentence for robbery, was given a temporary release licence to transfer from Highpoint Prison in Suffolk to Kirkham Open Prison in Lancashire.

He was due at Kirkham by 5.30pm on Monday but failed to arrive.

Harris, who comes form the Cleveland area, is white, 5ft 9ins tall, of slight build with an oval-shaped face, brown hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information of his whereabouts is asked to contact Suffolk Police on 01473 613500.