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Prison escapee returns to jail

Nov 16, 2010 News

Marvin Williams, 24, who was wounded by police after he attempted to escape from the Camp Street Prison, last Thursday, has been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Sunday and is now back in jail.
Williams was shot twice; once in the left buttock and leg, while a stray bullet struck passerby Wayne Thomas, 25, of 113 John and Bent Streets, Werk-en-Rust, in the lower right leg. Thomas is still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
According to sources, Williams was returning from the Vreed-en-Hoop court, around 15:00hrs, after being sentenced to three years for narcotics. It was apparent that frustration got the better of him since he had already been on remand for a lengthy period.
It was disclosed that Williams made a dash from the prison van after the gateway was opened to allow the transfer of inmates into the prison. He ran north, and while turning into Bent Street, he was shot twice by police. An eyewitness disclosed that at the time Williams was not wearing any handcuffs.
Another eyewitness recounted that after being shot, the prisoner continued to run but did not make it far before the police caught up with him.
Wayne Thomas was also wounded. A businessman who employs Wayne Thomas said that he had sent his workman to ‘Kampala’, an establishment near the prison, and while turning into Camp Street he was shot in his right leg.

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