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Erlestoke prisoner escapes on a tractor

8:36am Tuesday 14th September 2010 in News By Staff reporter

An Erlestoke jail prisoner escaped on a tractor but was caught just 20 minutes into his getaway after being spotted by a former member of staff.

The inmate used the prison's own tractor to make his getaway but was spotted by the ex-staff memeber on the A361.

The escapee stopped to his change clothes but then set off again as police gave chase across a golf course and finally cornered the vehicle.

The man was taken to Melksham police station at Semington.

Comments(10)

Lady Bayden-Powell says...
9:35am Tue 14 Sep 10

Well hurahh for a good try. He should have gone off road immediately and not used the main road. Still, at least he will have a good anecdote to tell at the next dinner party he holds.

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cght36 says...
10:31am Tue 14 Sep 10

thats made me laugh today on a miserable wet morning!!!

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cght36 says...
10:31am Tue 14 Sep 10

thats made me laugh today on a miserable wet morning!!!

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Don Alfonso says...
11:20am Tue 14 Sep 10

High-powered police cars chasing a tractor... over a golf course... brilliant! How long the chase go on for? If it went on for a few miles on the road and there was a build-up of chasing police cars behind the tractor, one wonders if the intrepid escapee will now be facing a further charge of not pulling over to allow the police cars to pass?

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Don Alfonso says...
11:25am Tue 14 Sep 10

Once cornered and taken to Melksham Police Station, let's hope he then didn't have the crap kicked out of him.

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Granti says...
1:12pm Tue 14 Sep 10

he would have been in much more trouble if he ploughed the golf course!

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Don Jones says...
3:36pm Tue 14 Sep 10

Is this our answer to the chase at teh beginning of 'The Transporter'?

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Roy Orbit says...
4:22pm Tue 14 Sep 10

I would hope the tractor CD player was blaring the A-Team theme tune as he knocked the gates down.

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Triton says...
5:47pm Tue 14 Sep 10

Roy Orbit wrote:
I would hope the tractor CD player was blaring the A-Team theme tune as he knocked the gates down.
Surely the Wurzels would have been more appropriate?

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peekayy says...
11:31pm Thu 16 Sep 10

haha!!! Brilliant getaway

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