Kyle Chase, the Liverpool DJ and former owner of now-defunct local venue Spray Shop, has absconded from a Cheshire prison while serving a 12-year, eight-month sentence for drug trafficking.
He was serving a 12-year, eight-month sentence for drug trafficking.
Chase had been serving the prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2024 to conspiracy to supply cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis through the encrypted messaging platform EncroChat.
Cheshire Police said Chase was last seen leaving HMP Thorn Cross, which is a Category D open prison, at around 9 AM on 14th August, per The Liverpool Echo. Officers are currently asking for information on his whereabouts, and say he was wearing a black jacket, black shorts and a grey cap when he left.
We are working with the police to recapture this individual, and we urge anyone with information to go to the police," a spokesperson for Cheshire Police said in a statement.
Prisoners who abscond face strict punishments, including a return to a closed prison and being prevented from moving to open conditions for up to two years.
Spray Shop was opened by Chase in 2023, and booked a number of house and tech-house DJs, such as Voigtmann, Shonky and Richy Ahmed. It closed in 2024 after Chase's arrest.
