Ananova:

An escaped convict turned up at his old prison and asked to be let back in because he was missing his mates.

Bulgarian thief Vassil Ivanov, 37, had been on the run since disappearing during an Easter break at home in 2005.

He said: "I couldn't stand it any more. I had been inside for nine years and I just couldn't get used to life on the outside again. I missed my pals here and I was miserable being a free man."

Wardens at the Stara Zagora prison in Bulgaria immediately took Ivanov back into the prison where he will serve the remaining two years of his 11 year sentence, and is likely to serve extra time for escaping.