Recaptured prison escapee sentenced to 36 months

(Kaieteur News) – New Amsterdam Prison escapee Budnarine Persaud, who was recaptured last month, was handed an additional 36 months imprisonment for his daring act.

The 28-year-old fisherman, of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, escaped the facility on 21st September, at about 13:00hrs, while he was working at the new administrative building with three other inmates under the supervision of a prison officer.

He was recaptured after being discovered hiding on a fishing boat at the No. 65 Fisheries on the Corentyne on 23rd September.