James Francis Hurley (born 1962) is an English convicted murderer and long-term fugitive from justice. Hurley was driving the getaway car in an armed robbery in the town of Hemel Hempstead on the 14th of April 1988. During the robbery PC Frank Mason, who was off duty at the time and happened upon the security van robbery by chance whilst out walking, of the Hertfordshire Police was shot in the back by Hurley and later died of his injuries at West Hertfordshire Hospital. Hurley was convicted of PC Mason's murder in 1989, and sentenced to life imprisonment.