An emergency team from the Goodwood Correctional Services facility has been deployed following a prisoner that escaped on Sunday, July 25.
Ashwin Malan, a former Bonteheuwel resident made a run for it while he was tasked with some outside work within the premises of the prison. Malan also got rid of his clothes.
Bonteheuwel ward councillor Angus Mckenzie indicated that Malan was incarcerated for housebreaking and was due for parole. According to McKenzie all law enforcement authorities have been on the lookout for the prisoner, just in case he returns to Bonteheuwel.
” We are appealing to communities and everyone that knows him to please come forward with any relevant information to track down the whereabouts of Ashwin, as it is in all likelihood that he would return to Bonteheuwel,” McKenzie said.
McKenzie confirmed to Cape {town} etc after the story was first published that it is alleged that Malan was spotted at his mother’s house in Bonteheuwel earlier and that the SAPS along with other law enforcement officials are now following up on several leads. He added that all information should be channelled through the Bishop Lavis police station on 021 480 7700.
Meanwhile, it has been a year after 68 prisoners managed to escape from the Malmesbury Remand Detention Facility. All of them have been re-arrested.
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