AN inmate at Haverigg Prison is today due in court charged with escaping from custody, robbery and false imprisonment of a prison guard.

Dean Alton Walker has been charged with escaping from Haverigg Prison on October 28, robbery of a prison guard's radio and false imprisonment of a prison guard.

The 32-year-old, from Manchester, is due to appear at Furness Magistrates' Court in Barrow today.