| Australian Fugitive Caught After Trying to Organise Poker Game on Facebook |
An Australian fugitive who escaped prison whilst on a hospital visit has been found by police a week after his escape. He was caught after posting messages to friends on Facebook and even tried to organise a poker game.Australian convict Justin Grant was serving a five year prison sentence for armed robbery when he escaped on a sanctioned hospital visit in Townsville on 15th July. During his week as a fugitive from the law, he frequently went on Facebook and left friends such comments as: “Ha u watch ile hav to hand myself in before they cach me.”
The 21 year old also tried to organise a poker game between friends before police eventually caught him on Friday, in a McDonalds in southern Townsville.
Justin is not the first fugitive to get caught out using facebook. In December 2009, Craig Lynch teased police with a catch-me-if-you-can cavalier attitude, posting pictures of him eating Christmas dinner and holding 'wanted signs'. Unimpressed officers didn't take long to find the escapee and return him back to jail.
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