Suspect escapes from police station

According to reports, Clifton Moses who was charged with the offences recently made his first court appearance was refused bail and ordered to return to court yesterday afternoon. It is reported that while in the holding bay at police station, at 1 pm, Moses managed to make his way out of the cell and escape via a back entrance.

Officers in the charge-room as well as their colleagues from the CID section attempted to apprehend him but failed. A manhunt was, up to press time, ongoing in Eastern Division. A report on the escape was sent to Divisional Head, Senior Superintendent John Trimm who ordered one of his senior officers to carry out a detailed probe into the circumstances leading to the escape.