THREE inmates, including a convicted sex offender, have absconded from Freiston's North Sea Camp prison.

Lincolnshire Police say the absconders left the open prison between 2.30am to 6am on Friday.

The missing inmates include Edward Braime, 39, originally from Devon who is a convicted sex offender and only arrived at the category D jail on Thursday.

Also on the run are Jonathan Dawson, 31, from Nottingham and Frederick Gray, 31, whose last address was in the Lincoln area.

Dawson is described as between 5ft 6in and 5ft 7in tall with short brown, cropped hair.

Gray is said to be 5ft 10in tall and medium build with light brown short hair which is receding.

Lincolnshire Police spokesman Dick Holmes said: "They should not be approached and people should call 999 with any suspicions and let police deal with it."