Police are hunting a convicted murderer who has gone on the run from prison for the third time.
Arnold Pickering, 44, and armed robber Thomas Moffett, 51, walked out of HMP Kennet in Liverpool at 9.30am on Saturday morning.
The pair were due back at around 4.40pm the same day. Their disappearance was reported to Merseyside Police at about 7pm.
Moffett was arrested around 9pm on Sunday in Blackburn, Lancashire, for being unlawfully at large.
But Pickering has not been found. He is serving a life sentence for stabbing a man to death in Oldham, Greater Manchester, in 1990.
He killed his 55-year-old victim, who was partially blind and deaf, while on the run from Strangeways in Manchester.
Moffett armed himself with a nail gun and robbed off-licences Pickering last absconded in December 2009 when he was let out on day release from HMP Kirkham to work on the bins in Manchester city centre.
He handed himself in four days later in Motherwell, Scotland.
The killer is described as around 5ft 11in tall, medium build with blue eyes. He has tattoos on his arms and chest.
Moffett is serving an indeterminate sentence for a string of robberies carried out in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 2006.
He armed himself with a nail gun and then raided six off-licences.
The pair were risk assessed as suitable for temporary release on licence by the Ministry of Justice.
The disappearance comes just two weeks after armed robber Michael Wheatley, known as "Skullcracker", absconded from Standford Hill open prison on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, while on temporary release.
Speaking about the latest case, Prisons Minister Jeremy Wright has said there would now be "major changes" brought in as a "matter of urgency".
"I am not prepared to see public safety compromised," he said.
"The system for allowing prisoners out on temporary licence has been too lax up till now and we are making major changes to address this.
"There will shortly be significant restrictions on who is granted temporary release - which from now on must be earnt - tightening up of monitoring arrangements and abolishing any leave without a clear link to rehabilitation."
Officers are appealing to anyone with information to call Merseyside Police on either 0151 777 3803 or 0151 777 3891, or via 101.
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