French prisoner MGSes his way out of jail

[Qalbert]

Prisoner escapes jail in cardboard box - Telegraph

Embarrassed officials were at a loss to explain how Jean-Pierre Treiber, 45, a double murder suspect, managed to elude detection in the box he had built himself at a workshop in the high security prison of Auxerre, Burgundy.

With its hidden human cargo, the box was loaded with dozens of others onto a lorry for delivery to the Yonne region, southeast of Paris.

During the 100-mile journey, he broke free and leapt from the lorry. The driver only realised there was a problem once he had reached his destination, when he spotted a hole in the tarpaulin covering the boxes, some of which were flattened.

Police have sealed off roads and a huge area of woodland in the hunt for Treiber using helicopters and sniffer dogs.

Treiber has been in prison awaiting trial since 2004, charged with murdering French actor Roland Giraud's daughter Geraldine, and her friend Katia Lherbier.

He is due to stand trial early next year in a case that shocked France.

Treiber is believed to have sneaked inside a cardboard box at 10.30am on Tuesday while he was left alone in a prisoner's workshop.

He had earlier told guards that he had an afternoon meeting with his parole officer – and nobody noticed his absence until later that evening, giving him seven hours to make good his escape.

Roland Giraud, 67, one of France's best-known actors, said Treiber's escape was an "avowal" that he had murdered his daughter.

The bodies of Geraldine Giraud, 36, and Katia Lherbier, 32, were both found dumped in a well on Treiber's property in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, near Paris.

They had been strangled.

But Treiber's lawyer, Eric Dupond-Moretti, said his escape proved nothing.

"One can either say he's guilty and that this is proof of his guilt... or one can say he's desperate, that he no longer has faith in the justice system because he's pleaded his innocence for so long and hasn't been heard."

Treiber has always denied the murders despite having used the victims' credit cards to withdraw cash. When he was arrested and the first body discovered, his cryptic reaction was: "He bumped her off."

Mystery still surrounds unknown DNA that does not match Treiber's on adhesive tape used to gag the girls' mouths.

Police admitted they had a tough task finding Treiber, a former forest warden, who knows the Othe woods 20 miles north of Auxerre like the back of his hand. "We're searching the places where he used to hunt," said a policeman. "But he might well have fled further afield".

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[Jodwahh]

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Well played lol.

[Mizango]

lol

[Brill Weave]

Next up, French escapee engages in a sniper battle with unknown Russian woman before fighting giant police mech.

[Khajit]

Considering this has happened before i'm starting to wonder if using a cardboard box is the best way out of jail.

[Acturus]

Next up, French escapee engages in a sniper battle with unknown Russian woman before fighting giant police mech.

Followed up by French man is a bad enough dude to save the president.

[Brill Weave]

Followed up by French man is a bad enough dude to save the president.

Followed up by French man quickly surrendering after he remembers he's French.

[Acturus]

Followed up by French man quickly surrendering after he remembers he's French.

YOU LIE

http://www.moaa.org/siteobjects/publ...ile/wilson.JPG

[Brill Weave]

Don't argue. It's science. And science is never wrong. Ever.

[Boyiee]

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Excellent.

[Sol-Blackguy]

Next up, French escapee engages in a sniper battle with unknown Russian woman before fighting giant police mech.

Not going to happen, he probably likes Castlevania doesn't he?

[Brill Weave]

QUICK! Plug your controller into the second slot.

[Casty]

[Kurp]

He's been in prison for 5 years without a trial and won't even see one until next year. Is that normal in France?

In any case, shenanigans like this should be rewarded.

[Shalyn]

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I lol'd.

That is a long time to wait for trial. Imagine being innocent and having to go through that? Wonder if you get any kind of compensation for time already spent when not guilty.

[QuePsiXI]

^ You are a man. Hello, hi you!

Anyway, terrific link, even better personal commentary, 5/5, would wipe my memory, then learn about MGS, then read this again.

[Seraph]

So, the guy has been awaiting trial for 5 years? Yeah, I think I'd be pissed and escape in a cardboard box too....

Oh, it's just a box.

[Null]

Did this really happen again???

Edit: NVM, same story as last time.

[Grey Jorildyn]

I knew this story sounded kinda familiar, but not quite...
http://snarkerati.com/movie-news/fil...e-fugitive.jpg
Just need to find the one-armed man after the manhunt in the woods.

[MrW]

Its like the Count of Monte Cristo but french, less water and no love interest.