TV appeal over attacks on elderly

Police are warning that Price should not be approached

Detectives hunting a violent robber on the run from prison are to appeal for information on BBC's Crimewatch programme.

Isaac John Price, 41, from Stoke-on-Trent, is wanted for questioning in connection with three raids in Ludlow, Shropshire, in December and a similar incident in Bewdley in Worcestershire.

An 81-year-old woman remains in hospital after her leg was broken during one of the robberies.

Detectives have warned that Price, who escaped from Sudbury Prison, Derbyshire, in June, is "extremely violent" and should not be approached.

Twenty detectives

Police nearly captured Price earlier this month, but they said he managed to escape by swimming across a brook.

Officers leading the search for him will be at BBC television studios in London on Tuesday ready to take calls from anyone with information.

Two of Price's victims, 82-year-old Bert Evans and 70-year-old Alwynne Tommey, recently made a public appeal for help to catch him.

More than 20 detectives are working on tracking Price down.