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Prison escapee plunges into latrine to avoid capture
Prison escapee: Pascal Smith
A police rank had his work cut out for him yesterday when he was forced to take a dive into a latrine to nab Lusignan Prison escapee, Pascal Smith.
The murder suspect, upon seeing the police jumped into the pit-toilet around 12:30 hrs at Lot 123 Bar Street, Kitty and refused to come out.
Desperate to get him out, one of the ranks had to jump into the latrine with him while the other ranks assisted in dragging him out.
He was taken to the Kitty Police Station before being escorted to the Brickdam Police Station where he will be grilled.
It was the mother of Smith’s child who reported him to ranks at the Kitty Police Station yesterday.
According to reports, the woman told the police that the 25-year-old man walked into her yard minutes before 12:00 hrs and told her that he was hungry.
“She said she asked him what he was doing there and then tell him to go back where he came from,” a police source said yesterday.
The rank further explained that Smith and the woman became involved in a heated argument—during which she hurried out of the house and went to the station to make the report.
Kaieteur News was informed that the ranks responded to the scene and arrested the 25-year-old man.
Smith, while out on bail for a robbery, allegedly murdered John Houston on May 27, last, at Alexander Street, Georgetown.
He was among 13 prisoners who dug their way out of the Lusignan Prison Holding area sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning.
Of the 13 inmates who escaped from the Lusignan Prison and were recaptured, seven were charged for escaping from lawful custody.
Those charged were Winston Long, Jamal Forde, Jamal Joseph, Teshawn McKenzie, Odel Roberts, Jason Howard and Ryan Jones.
The police are yet to charge Kendall Skeete who was nabbed Wednesday, hiding in the abandoned home of one of his relatives at Wisrock, Wismar, Linden.
The police are stilling hunting for Paul Goriah, Shawn Harris, Kerry Cromwell and Clive Forde, all of whom escaped from the Lusignan facility. Additionally, Mark Royden Durant, Stafrei Alexander, Uree Varswyck and Cobena Stephens are wanted for escaping from the Camp Street Prison on July 9, last.
Meanwhile, the Guyana Police Force is reminding the public that harbouring a fugitive is an offence and charges will follow.
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