Escaped Leeuwkop Prison inmate identified
The escapee was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 2015 for robbery.
An inmate has escaped from Leeuwkop Prison and is on the run, reports the Fourways Review.
Sanku Tsunke, the spokesperson for Leeuwkop Correctional Services, confirmed that there has been an escape and police are investigating.
Ofentse Morwane from the communications department at Gauteng Correctional Services told Fourways Review that a manhunt was currently under way to rearrest offender Thomas Marubini, who escaped from the prison on Thursday.
“He was part of a work team at the piggery and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in 2015 for robbery,” Morwane said.
– Caxton News Service
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