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Thirty policemen in 10 cars, and six dogs and their handlers rushed at 7 p.m. yesterday to the area about the intersection of Tuam street and Antigua street after a prisoner who had been brought in for hospital treatment escaped. The escaper, Dennis Scott, aged 22, was still at large last night. Scott is of medium build, and has fresh complexion, wavy dark-brown hair, and hazel eyes. He was wearing a grey jacket, blue shirt, and blue trousers.
Searches were made of Hagley Park, the Botanic Gardens, and the hospital grounds, and, later the suburbs.
Scott was sentenced on May 12 to 18 months’ imprisonment for burglary.
Bus Breakdown.—Passengers from the 7.50 a.m. Christchurch - Lyttelton bus were transported to the port by road tunnel officers when the bus broke down at the toll gate yesterday.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31412, 4 July 1967, Page 1
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