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Innovator Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 1475 Location: Eden Prairie, MN	Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 1:11 pm    Post subject: police take 5 months to find man. never checked his house   Quote: A Handcuffed man who escaped from the back of a police car lived at his own home for five months before he was recaptured. It was the second time 20-year-old Anthony Jones had fled in shackles, Swansea Crown Court was told. Now an investigation has been launched into how he was able to do it. Jones, of Maes y Parc, Ravenhill, Swansea, was jailed for nine months after pleading guilty to possessing cannabis resin and breaching a community rehabilitation order imposed last September for burglary at a house in Swansea Road, Llangyfelach. Mark Spackman, prosecuting, said that at 10pm on December 4 police sped to Middle Road, Ravenhill, after receiving reports about an abandoned car. Jones, of nearby Maes y Parc, was one of four men said to have been travelling in the car a short time earlier. When he was searched a small amount of cannabis resin, 2.3 grams, was found in his pocket. As a result, said Mr Spackman, rigid handcuffs were put on Jones and he was left in the back of a police car while officers carried out a general search of the area. A short time later a girl could be heard shouting, "run", and Jones was seen fleeing from the vehicle. Later, the handcuffs were found damaged, having been cut off. Jones remained at large until he was re-arrested five months later. The court heard that in August, 2002, he had escaped from another police vehicle in the same way. Paul Hobson, in mitigation, said it was surprising Jones had been able to remain at large for so long, because after he escaped he returned to his home.
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