Prisoner flees from Garda custody

GARDAI are searching for a woman who escaped from custody yesterday afternoon outside a health centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin…

GARDAI are searching for a woman who escaped from custody yesterday afternoon outside a health centre in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The woman, who was convicted of larceny and criminal damage charges earlier this year, was in the custody of a male and a female prison officer when she escaped.

According to the Garda Press Office, the woman, who is in her 20s and from Ballyfermot, was being escorted back to Mountjoy Prison.

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