A 33 year old prisoner escaped from custody by threatening prison guards with a blade and them locking them in their own van after a trip to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, the Glasgow Times reports.
Steven Ross, 33, made his bid for freedom at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary on March 11, after a hospital appointment. He is serving life with a minimum 20 year sentence for the murder of 26-year-old Sean Humphrey in Glasgow in 2013.
He brandished a piece of metal at prison officers and threatened to "cut one of them into a hundred pieces", before locking them in cells and fleeing the scene. He was caught two weeks later.
The Glasgow Times also reports that “Mr Rae unlocked the side door to the vehicle and the accused followed him in with another prison officer Morag Buchanan following behind.
“The accused grabbed the door handle and shut the door and the officers saw that he was holding a sharp piece of metal, similar to a razor blade, in his left hand.”
The court heard he lifted it to Mr Rae’s eye level and told him: “You’re going to let me go or I’ll cut you into a hundred pieces.”
Mr Rae tried to wrestle the blade from Ross’s hand, but was pushed to the ground.
Ross then told Ms Buchanan referring to the handcuffs: “Take them off or I’ll cut him.”
She did so and then both officers were then locked in cells within the van outside the hospital. They were found some time later.
You can read the full story on the Glasgow Times website here.
