‘Facebook escape artist’ walked out of unlocked cell door in Ennis courthouse

‘Facebook escape artist’ Jason Freyne, who was in custody last July, opened a malfunctioning, unlocked cell door and walked out the back door of a courthouse.

At Ennis District Court yesterday, Judge Patrick Durcan described the incident at Ennis courthouse on July 15 as “opportunity knocks” and asked was Freyne “like the man in the Harry Potter film?”

In court yesterday, Freyne, aged 24, pleaded guilty to the offence arising out of his escape from custody.