Prisoner too fat to escape from hole in cell

A prisoner foiled his own escape attempt because he was too fat to get out of a hole in his cell.

Prisoner too fat to escape from hole in cell

A prisoner foiled his own escape attempt because he was too fat to get out of a hole in his cell.

Rafael Valadao, who weighs 16 stone, had to be freed by firefighters after getting stuck in a self-built hole in his cell which prison guards found hilarious.

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