Prisoner escapes after attempting to steal officer’s motorcycle

An inmate at the Lusignan Prison on the East Coast of Demerara escaped from the facility in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

The escapee has been identified as 38-year-old Quincy Clarke of West La Penitence, Georgetown.
Reports are he escaped sometime between 02:00 and 02:10h on Saturday. Clarke was jailed on Thursday last and was supposed to serve two four-week sentences, which were to run concurrently for two counts of threatening language on Thursday last.
Police on Saturday said that two Prison ranks were on duty at the holding bay when they noticed an unidentifiable male running and pushing a black and red XR motorcycle.
The officers shouted at the male to stop but he did not and a chase ensued. The male then dropped the motorcycle, jumped a trench and ran west into some bushes, making good his escape.
The ranks, who gave chase, later learnt that the individual was a prisoner and the motorcycle belonged to a Prison Officer. G9)