Police in Chon Buri province have re-apprehended a convict who, with the help of his wife, had escaped from his guarded hospital bed.

 

The 37-year-old prisoner, serving time for theft, was admitted to Bang Lamung Hospital on December 6, suffering from an acute inflammation following an operation. After being treated, doctors told him to rest in the hospital, with two guards assigned to watch over him.

 

CCTV footage showed that, on December 9, he used a pair of pliers to force the chains that bound him to the bed. He then took a lift to the ground floor and moved to the rear of the hospital. The police were alerted and conducted a search of the premises.

 

The prisoner’s wife, who was invited in for questioning, confessed to smuggling the pliers into his ward, for her husband to use to effect his escape. The police ultimately found the prisoner still inside the hospital.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-12-11

 

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They are not talking about Thaksin are they?...

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The prisoner’s wife, who was invited in for questioning, confessed to smuggling the pliers into his ward, for her husband to use to effect his escape.

Maybe she will get an adjoining cell

The two guards had already warned him not to escape at lunch time🤔 

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

They are not talking about Thaksin are they?...

he wouldn't know how to operate such a complicated device.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

with two guards assigned to watch over him.

Sack 'em.

"The police were alerted woken up and conducted a search of the premises."

Being politically correct, he only wanted to go outside for a cigarette  

According to a report by the BP it was a pair of bolt croppers, picture included, and to top it all of he was in pain from penis extension injections that had got infected. Not sure how he got that done while being in jail maybe tony can tell us.