France - Medieval jailbreak
January 6, 2013, Sunday
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THREE prisoners used a table leg to pierce a hole in the roof of their cell in a 14th-century French penitentiary and escape in the early hours of New Year's Day, a regional prosecutor said on Wednesday.
The three climbed onto the roof of the Colmar prison in eastern France and from there entered an adjoining courthouse before fleeing through a side door. The escape highlighted overcrowding and disrepair of an institution originally built in 1316 as a convent, said prosecutor Bernard Lebeau.
The prisoners, aged 19 to 24, had been on charges of assault and vandalism. Two were awaiting trial while the third was serving a two-year term.
The three climbed onto the roof of the Colmar prison in eastern France and from there entered an adjoining courthouse before fleeing through a side door. The escape highlighted overcrowding and disrepair of an institution originally built in 1316 as a convent, said prosecutor Bernard Lebeau.
The prisoners, aged 19 to 24, had been on charges of assault and vandalism. Two were awaiting trial while the third was serving a two-year term.
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