Quebec Premier’s top priority: re-capturing three escaped inmates
Posted Jun 10, 2014 05:36:59 AM.
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Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says his top priority is re-capturing three men who escaped from jail in a helicopter.
The trio fled the Orsainville Detention Centre in suburban Quebec City on Saturday evening after a chopper landed in a courtyard, scooped them up and quickly took off.
Police say they face numerous serious charges, including gangsterism and murder.
Deputy Premier Lise Theriault says security restrictions against the three men were eased just a day before their daring getaway.
Theriault says a judge granted a request by the trio on Friday to have more flexible detention conditions, including the possibility they no longer be obliged to wear handcuffs.
The minister says she doesn’t know why the judge agreed to the request.
The spectacular escape dominated question period in the national assembly yesterday, with Theriault peppered on the subject for more than 30 minutes.
