GARDAI are still on a man hunt for an escaped prisoner who absconded from custody last Wednesday. A man in his 20s was one of a pair of prisoners that were being returned to Limerick Prison when they slipped their handcuffs while in garda custody at the gates of Limerick Prison. Both men fled the scene on foot and an immediate man hunt began.
One of the two, 18-year-old Christopher Curtin of Salvia Park was found at the back of Limerick Circuit Court where he sought refuge.
Curtin, “knowing he was going to be arrested” according to his barrister Pat Whims, returned to court two days after he fled as he had a pending sentencing hearing.
He was later given a two year sentence for his part in a burglary at a county Limerick pub.
Meanwhile, the nine man warrants unit of An Garda Siochana based at Roxboro are continuing their search for the man in his 20s that remains at large.
