Junead Ahmed, 36, was convicted of fraud in 2023 after he admitted to posing as a doctor in order to rent a property he could not afford and buy a home worth more than £2million Junead Ahmed broke out of HMP Chelmsford in 2023 (Image: Essex Police / SWNS)

A conman escaped prison by sending forged ‘get out of jail free’ documents to bosses, a court has heard. Junead Ahmed, 36, was convicted of fraud in 2023 after he admitted to posing as a doctor in order to rent a property he could not afford and buy a home worth more than £2million. ‌

But while he was awaiting sentence, he broke out of HMP Chelmsford in June of that year by sending jail chiefs a fake High Court letter claiming he had been approved for release. ‌

Experienced prison staff were fooled by the ruse and Ahmed, of

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