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Escape accused remanded

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The man charged with escaping from Dodds Prison last month has been remanded, back to the St Philip jail.

Tyreke Delandre Benskin, 21, of 2nd Avenue, Promenade Road, Bush Hall, St Michael, appeared before Magistrate Joyanne Clarke of the District ‘C’/St Matthias Magistrates’ Court charged with escaping lawful custody by use of force, being a prisoner on remand to the Barbados Prison Service on September 21.

He returns to court on November 22. (PR)

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