Pretrial prisoner escapes from Duisburg-Hamborn JVA
After a Hollywood escape over the roof, the 35-year-old remains on the run
Quick Look
- A 35-year-old pretrial prisoner escaped from the Duisburg-Hamborn prison.
- The man sawed through the cell bars and climbed over the roof to freedom.
- The police continue to search for the fugitive while the incident concerns the state parliament.
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Why It Matters
The prisoner escaped by sawing through a prison bar and prying open a fine bar. The incident is being discussed in the state parliament's legal committee.
According to dpa information, the pre-trial prisoner, who escaped from the Duisburg-Hamborn prison with a Hollywood-style escape, was first noticed by his fellow prisoners by rumbling on the roof. Staff who had also heard loud noises in the detention center discovered a person upstairs. According to police, the 35-year-old was still on the run on Monday.
According to earlier reports, the 35-year-old had sawed through a bar in front of the window of his cell facing the inner courtyard and levered open the fine bars with a sawn-off chair leg. He then climbed from his cell on the third floor to the roof above the fourth floor. How he got down from there is still unclear. According to the police's initial findings, the man may have climbed down a drainpipe.
The incident will be discussed in the Düsseldorf state parliament next week. The SPD parliamentary group has requested a so-called current quarter of an hour in the Legal Affairs Committee (September 9th).
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Discussion in the legal committee of the state parliament on September 9th.
Very likely · Within days
Open Questions
- How did the prisoner get down from the roof?
- Where is the fugitive currently located?
