Escaped prisoner back behind bars after more than week on run

A FUGITIVE prisoner, jailed for killing a teenage mother following a high-speed car chase, was back behind bars last night — but not before he rammed a garda patrol car and a taxi in yet another reckless bid to escape.

Thomas Connors, who was on the run after jumping from a third-floor window of a hospital more than a week ago, was recaptured by gardaí following a two-mile chase through south Dublin.

Following the chase from Ballyfermot, Connors, 26, jumped out of the car close to his home in Rathfarnham and continued fleeing on foot.