Man who escaped from prison van receives suspended sentence

A handcuffed man jumped out of the vehicle transporting him to prison, while it slowed at traffic lights, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Man who escaped from prison van receives suspended sentence

A handcuffed man jumped out of the vehicle transporting him to prison, while it slowed at traffic lights, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard.

Judge Frank O'Donnell heard that the Garda Air Support Unit and gardaí on the ground spent an hour and a half searching for him but he managed to escape to the UK.

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