First published – July 16 2007.
This is a funny story about a botched prison escape this guy tried to get away with.
During my time at Junee gaol which is in the middle of no where some place in NSW
I met a guy who was passing through Junee on his way to a maximum security facility in Sydney from a prison farm called Mannus.
He was serving a few years for charges I don‟t remember anymore but the main reason he had to move from Mannus was for an attempted escape which was by far the most piss weak escape attempt I have ever heard of.
With just six months to go on his sentence (un)corrective services had him at Mannus (another middle of no where spot) working on the farm and living prison life pretty much as easy as it comes.
For some weird reason the guy went stir crazy so close to the end of his sentence and decided he couldn‟t take it anymore.
He waited until the muster was finished and being a prison farm the security is low so he just jumped the fence and bolted to the car park of the gaol.
Once he hit the car park he immediately stole one of the screws cars and headed off as quickly as he could.
At this stage the lad thought he was free and had plans of heading back to his home area in Sydney.
So he drives around for a while until he realizes he has no idea where he is or where to go!
The poor bloke just drove around until the fuel tank ran out, by this stage he was getting hungry and thirsty but realized he had no food or water!
For the next day and a half he just sits with this car dying of hunger and thirst waiting for somebody to rescue him.
Eventually the cops arrive and find him in a fairly bad state, a few weeks later he was telling me this story with more time on his sentence for the effort.
By far the most unplanned unsuccessful escape, he was certainly no postcard bandit.
Funny stuff.