Gartree
Gartree could refer to *Gartree (HM Prison), a Category B men's prison located in Market Harborough, Leicestershire *Gartree Hundred, a wapentake and later a hundred of Leicestershire, England *Gartree High School, a Secondary School in Leicester *Gartree (Lincolnshire), a wapentake of Lincolnshire *Gartree, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland {{geodis ...
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Gartree (HM Prison)
HM Prison Gartree is a Category B men's prison, located in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. Gartree is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. History Constructed on the western part of the site which was previously RAF Market Harborough Gartree Prison opened in 1965, and was originally a Category C training centre, but its status was quickly upgraded to a maximum security prison. The prison is infamous for a daring helicopter escape in 1987. The breakout remains the only one of its type to have been carried out in the United Kingdom. On 10 December 1987 at 3.15 pm, John Kendall and Sydney Draper were sprung from Gartree's exercise yard with the aid of a hijacked Bell 206 JetRanger helicopter. Kendall was a gangland boss serving eight years while Draper was serving a life sentence for murder. The escape caused great controversy at the time and led to a tightening of security at the jail. Kendall was recaptured 10 days later, but Draper remained on the run for anothe ...
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