Prisoner escaped to get married

AN ESCAPED prisoner denied permission to marry is believed to be on his honeymoon abroad after evading a nationwide search for him.

The Irish prison service confirmed yesterday that Jonathan Ayton, an inmate of Castlerea Prison, made a daring escape on, April 1.

Mr Ayton, who was serving two consecutive five-year sentences at the Co Roscommon jail, gave prison officers the slip while being treated for a serious upper arm wound at Galway University Hospital.