Take two lonely Litho-men, place in cramped quarters and add copious amounts of lubrication, and what do you get? According to the redoubtable Associated Press (as presented by Fox News, natch) You end up with an X-mas eve jailbreak!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,241260,00.html
money quote:
Sneaky Suspect Slips Captors
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Lithuanian held on suspicion of theft in an Arctic Norway jail slipped out of custody — literally — by stripping naked, smearing himself with vegetable oil and sliding through the prison bars, police said Wednesday.
“He slipped through the bars on Christmas Eve,” said Svein-Erik Jacobsen, operation leader for the Oest-Finnmark Police District. The unusual escape made national news in Norway on Wednesday.
Another Lithuanian, held as an accomplice in the same cell, also used the technique to try to slip out of a window of the Vadsoe Jail, but failed, apparently because he was too big. The men had managed to bend the bars slightly to gain more space.
“It was a good effort,” Jacobsen said. “But all he did was get his head and part of his shoulder through the bars.”
A police news release identified the escaped suspect as Yuris Sinkevicius, 25, and said he was 5 feet, 8 inches tall and thin. He remained at large. The statement did not name the second suspect.
Both were arrested in Sweden in late October on suspicion of being involved in an organized grand theft ring that had hit targets in northern Norway and Sweden. They were turned over to Norway, and were being held pending an investigation and possible indictment.
Given the cultural propensity for fleeing, this one is apparently is doing so without even the benefits of women’s clothing. Imagine a greasy Lithuanian running about above the Arctic Circle with no clothes on! That this happened during the holidays puts a new spin on “blue balls.”
Sinkevicius, you are free, boy! Run! Run like the wind! Fly like the Reindeer!
/Edigu
