A manhunt has been launched by police for a prisoner who escaped custody while being kept in a holding cell at the Sangre Grande Magistrate's Court yesterday.
Reports revealed that around 1 pm, an officer attached to the prison staff went to get another prisoner in the holding cell, when Kristian Moses made a dash for freedom.
Moses, 35, who was not handcuffed, ran through through the entrance of the holding section and into the road. An alarm was raised and police officers from the Court and Process Branch chased after him. They were joined by officers from the Task Force and Crime Patrol Unit but Moses eluded them.
Eyewitnesses said Moses, who was wearing a white and black jersey ran along the Eastern Main Road pursued by police officers, but outran them and jumped a five-foot wall next to a church and made good his escape through some bushes. Some bystanders reportedly urged Moses, of Ojoe Road, Sangre Grande, to "run boy, run." Up to last night Eastern Division police were still searching the area for him.