A criminal convicted of harassment and theft had to be freed because cuts meant the cells were shut
Goss ate a chocolate bar, had a cigarette and chatted to friends on the phone while he waited for a prison van to turn up.
Later, after around an hour, a security van arrived from 36 miles away in Wolverhampton to drive him a further 70 miles to HMP Glen Parva, in Leicester.
A spokesman for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals said that Worcester Magistrates’ Court does not list custody cases on Thursdays.
