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    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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Erlestoke prisoner escapes on a tractor

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.

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