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Prisoner Escapes Again By Helicopter

by infomatique | July 15, 2007 at 12:09 pm

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French police are hunting a convicted killer who escaped from prison for a second time - and again used a helicopter for his getaway.

In the latest breakout, Pascal Payet was freed with the help of four masked men who earlier hijacked the aircraft and took the pilot hostage.

They landed on the prison roof at the start of the night shift and used heavy machinery to break open two doors and enter the isolation ward where Payet was held.

Authorities said he had been moved from one jail to another almost every three months because of his escape record.

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Late in 2001 Payet escaped with another inmate in a helicopter from Luynes prison in France. At the time of the escape he was awaiting trial for the murder committed during a armed robbery, when he shot a security guard 14 times. Still at large in 2003, Payet helped three other inmates break out of the same prison from which he had escaped. Again a helicopter was used in the escape.

Payet was eventually recaptured, and in January this year was sentenced to seven years for having organized the 2003 breakout plus a six year sentence for his own 2001 escape.

In 2005 he was found guilty of the murder committed during the 1997 robbery and received a 30 year sentence which was confirmed on appeal in 2006.

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