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Friday, August 10, 1973
ESCAPE BID FOILED
Six inmates at Stanley Prison are being questioned in connection
with an escape plot.
The plot was uncovered during a search today in one of the halls where Bowe 40 inmates are kept, all of whom are appealing against their sentence.
During the search, prison officers discovered that in two cells
a bar had been sawn through. A rope, made from strips of canvas was also found together with a piece of metal that had been fashioned into a hook that could have been used to scale the prison walls.
They also seized a number of unauthorised weapons, consisting of
pieces of waste metal.
The six inmates, aged between 21 and 34, are serving sentences ranging from five to 10 years for offences of robbery, burglary among others.
The police have been informed and investigations are in progress. Commenting on the incident, a spokesman for the Prisons Department commended the prisons staff for their "constant vigilance and devotion to
duty."
"They prevented what could have been a serious incident," he said.
Release time: 7.00 p.m.