Eastern Cape correctional services regional commissioner Nkosinathi Breakfast said they were not aware of any escaped prisoner in that area.
He said: “We do have an offender who escaped in King William’s Town. Maybe...”
Medic and dad Raymond Marzo said he snuck off from his child’s sports day event yesterday morning “for a smoke at the back near the loos”.
He was startled to come across the clothes, especially the bright yellow prison pants, with “DETAINEE – REMAND” emblazoned on the garment.
“There were scuff marks nearby going up a section of the wall which has no razor wire,” he said. “The yellow pants are lying on the ground, and there is a packet on top with other clothes, shoes, and a sheet from a hospital,” he said.
Breakfast said he would immediately look into the matter. — mikel@dispatch.co.za