Prisoner escapes from Wandsworth…

An article in the Spectator says Wandsworth Nick is really understaffed and they have had problems counting the number of inmates. On one occasion they added up to one too many!

Well glad they got him but after all that he only made it as far as Chiswick!

Great credit to the police, building up a profile of where he was and where he was going.

Local residents will be relieved eazybee.

Daniel Khalife has been arrested in Chiswick, West London at 11am. Detained by police.

look like ...

ronib

Richmond Park is being searched because the escapee used to live near there and it was assumed that he had local knowledge of the terrain and where to hide. Apparently.
I don’t intend to downplay the seriousness of the matter but for some reason, Peter Sellers came to mind!

Richmond Park is being searched because the escapee used to live near there

Well, there's posh for you!!
He really does like a schoolboy who got in with the wrong gang at school.

Primrose53

BlueBelle

As I read it he was a suspect not a full on criminal
What a little baby face he has, looks like a 14 year old

Baby face indeed and very girlish. We think if he put a wig on and dressed in feminine clothes he would not stand out at all.

He does.

But he is a trained soldier.

BlueBelle

As I read it he was a suspect not a full on criminal
What a little baby face he has, looks like a 14 year old

Baby face indeed and very girlish. We think if he put a wig on and dressed in feminine clothes he would not stand out at all.

Surely there must be CCTV in that yard where the delivery lorry was. I suspect he’s had inside help.

Just found out he went to my kids' senior school, long after they'd left. Richmond Park is a mere couple of miles away, it covers a very large area, I'm sure if familiar enough, you could get lost in it, maybe using a pair of antlers to blend in!

Inside help?
Our security is a joke and an embarrassment these days.

Mind you it wasn’t that much better in hindsight ... remember Michael Fagan, who broke into QEII’s bedroom in Buckingham Palace in 1982.
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ronib

Last sighting was Wandsworth …..

Probably seen how bad it is outside of prison and is trying to work out how to get back in! Which is saying something given how bad conditions in prisons are!!

I think he’s drinking a nice cup of ☕️ in Tehran.

I think the net is closing. He had specially made straps to hold him under the van. A cornered rat comes to mind. Wandsworth people need to keep doors sheds garages and windows locked

Last sighting was Wandsworth …..

I’m dusting off my binoculars and on my way to Richmond Park. There’s a £20k reward.

As I read it he was a suspect not a full on criminal
What a little baby face he has, looks like a 14 year old

Richmond Park is being searched because the escapee used to live near there and it was assumed that he had local knowledge of the terrain and where to hide. Apparently.
I don’t intend to downplay the seriousness of the matter but for some reason, Peter Sellers came to mind!

It's surprising that there are not more escapes given the overcrowding and staff levels.
Needle in haystack comes to mind though why are they set on searching Richmond park?

eazybee

Because a breaking news story dominates the news, does it mean people are unaware of, or ignoring all the other serious contemporary issues?
Not even and original post.

So why do people use the dead cat strategy if it doesn’t work?

Heard the tale end of a R4 interview this morning with whichever poor sap had picked the short straw a representative of the Tory government who was seeking to assure us that there were more escapes during the last Labour government. Pathetic.

Agree with WWW2 that he will be in the Iranian embassy, if not in Iran by now.
NB he is only suspected of terrorism. Maybe category B is justifiable.

Because a breaking news story dominates the news, does it mean people are unaware of, or ignoring all the other serious contemporary issues?
Not even and original post.

Listening to the ex-Tory MP who served time in Wandsworth and a couple of other ex-Wandsworth prisoners, I think that there can be little doubt that the blame lies entirely at the governments door.

The government of course will lay the blame on the beleaguered prison officers whose working conditions must be one of the worst in the country according to the Tory lag