Limerick man who fled custody is jailed

A Limerick man who spent six days on the run after escaping from custody has been jailed for four months after a suspended prison sentence imposed for throwing a wheelchair in a busy emergency department was activated.

Jason Freyne, who is originally from John Carew Park in Limerick city, fled from Ennis Courthouse last week shortly after he pleaded guilty to a number of road traffic charges relating to a high speed chase on the outskirst of Limerick city on April 19.

Freyne, aged 23, presented himself to the authorities at Limerick Prison on Monday evening and at Limerick District Court yesterday, Judge Marian O’Leary activated a suspended sentence imposed last February for an incident at the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick.