article_snippet.sent: Michael Wheatley - nicknamed the Skull Cracker – walked out of an open jail in May while on day release  despite a history of prison escapes.
article_snippet.sent: Michael Wheatley - nicknamed the Skull Cracker – walked out of an open jail in May while on day release and went on to commit an armed robbery which was caught on CCTV (left)
article_snippet.sent: Michael Wheatley absconding from Standford Hill prison in Kent  and went on a robbing spree – pulling a handgun on staff at the Chelsea Building Society in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey.
article_snippet.sent: After being caught Michael Wheatley - nicknamed was told that Michael Wheatley - nicknamed must serve at least eight years in jail before becoming eligible to apply for release on parole.
article_snippet.sent: Wheatley was eligible for release after eight years, had been on the run after leaving Standford Hill open prison in Kent on day release and failing to return.
article_snippet.sent: Wheatley was arrested alongside another man in Tower Hamlets, east London, after an armed robbery at a Chelsea Building Society branch in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey.
article_snippet.sent: Wheatley walked out of an open jail in May while on day release last year despite a history of prison escapes .
highlights_snippet.sent: Michael Wheatley walked out of Standford Hill prison  while on day release .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Michael Wheatley was serving 13 life sentences but escaped and went on the run in May .