Publication Date:
Thu, 2012-03-22 21:38
Alexei Shestakov, 34, who was serving a 24-year sentence for murder, escaped by climbing a rope lowered by helicopter into the prison yard on Thursday morning in the Vologda region north of Moscow, local investigator Natalia Letenkova said.
Prison guards shot at the fugitive as he was lifted skyward but missed their mark, she told Reuters.
“The helicopter was hijacked along with the crew. With a gun to their heads the crew was forced to change course,” she said.
The convict, who had served half his prison sentence, was caught hours later on the road to Moscow. Police were searching for his accomplices, who rented the helicopter and then forced the crew to take part in the prison break.
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