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12/05/2003
Downpatrick escapees to appear before court
Two men who escaped from Downpatrick Magistrates' Court last week are to appear in the same court later today after being aprehended over the weekend.
22-year-old David Taggart, who is awaiting sentence on murder, and 31-year-old Ian Oliver Carlin, who is on remand for serious robbery offences and false imprisonment, absconded from court on Thursday by overpowering a police officer during the escape.
Taggart was arrested following a police operation in the Ormeau area of south Belfast around 6pm last night.
Carlin was arrested at Colinglen Road in West Belfast at around 9pm later that evening.
The police officer injured during the escape is believed to have suffered a suspected fractured skull.
(MB)
22-year-old David Taggart, who is awaiting sentence on murder, and 31-year-old Ian Oliver Carlin, who is on remand for serious robbery offences and false imprisonment, absconded from court on Thursday by overpowering a police officer during the escape.
Taggart was arrested following a police operation in the Ormeau area of south Belfast around 6pm last night.
Carlin was arrested at Colinglen Road in West Belfast at around 9pm later that evening.
The police officer injured during the escape is believed to have suffered a suspected fractured skull.
(MB)
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