Prison escapee caught in Linden, nine to be apprehended

Caught: Kendall Skeete
Georgetown:  Prison escapee, Kendall Skeete was recaptured at 11:15hrs Wednesday at the Wisroc Housing Scheme , at Wismar Linden, police confirmed.

Police said the 25-year old Skeete’s last known address was 115 Wismar, Linden.

He was among 13 persons who burrowed out of the East Coast Demerara penal facility for high-risk prisoners early last Monday morning.

As a result eight prisoners have been recaptured following Sunday night incident in which thirteen prisoners escape from the pasture within the perimeter Lusignan prison.

The Guyana Police Force in a press release on Tuesday also appealed to members of the public, relatives and friends to give any relevant information as to the whereabouts of these escapees so that they can be captured and returned to the prison.

Those who remain on the run are: Clive Forde known as “El Sinkie”, Paul Goriah, Shawn Harris known as “Shawny”, Pascal Smith, Kerry Cromwell, Mark Royden Durant known as “Royden Williams and Smallie”, Stafrie Alexander Hopkinson, Uree Varswyck known as “Malcolm Gordon” and Cobena Stephens known as “OJ”.

Durant, Hopkinson, Varswyck and Stephens had escaped from the Georgetown Prison on July 9, following a fire which destroyed most of the prison buildings and which subsequently led to the relocation of the prisoners to the Lusignan pasture on the East Coast of Demerara.