AN OPEN prison inmate walked out and went to his home in Chepstow claiming he was being bullied, a court heard.
Six days later, Cardiff crown court was told, 26-year-old Tommy Robinson surrendered himself at the local police station, admitted absconding and was arrested.
Robinson, a married man of Bridget Drive, Sedbury, Chepstow, admitted a charge of escape and was jailed for six months.
Mr Justice Maddison said he had no defence to the charge.
Prosecutor Nicola Powell said that on October 19 last year Robinson received four and a half years for robbery.
His release date was December 7, 2009.
On July 23 this year he was taken to Leyhill Open Prison, Gloucestershire, but on September 24 at 5pm he was reported missing.
"He just walked out," said Ms Powell.
After being arrested he said that on September 24 he had received a visit from friends and when they left he decided to abscond.
He said he walked through fields near the Severn estuary and eventually reached home.
He told officers he had wanted to go to a secure, closed prison because of bullying at Leyhill which had "got too much for him."
His counsel James Evans said: "The bullying was for a specific reason. He is currently in Cardiff prison and is content, carrying out a bricklaying course."
The judge said: "This was not the worst case of escape and no violence was used.
"On the other hand any offence of escape has to be taken seriously."
The six month sentence is to run consecutively to the four and a half years.
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