Stendal (dpa / sa) - A convicted criminal fled after another hearing from the district court in Stendal. According to a court spokesman, the man in his mid-thirties, half of whose face is said to be tattooed, tore the protective grille of a window of a secured cell out of the wall on Tuesday. The man escaped from the building. According to the spokesman, the convict, who will be held in Burg Prison until at least 2024, was on trial for an incident before his incarceration.
That sentenced him to a one-year prison sentence that was not yet final. It was about an assault in a supermarket, said the spokesman. The man is said to be a petty criminal with multiple convictions. It was initially unknown where he came from. The police are looking for the fugitive with the help of a helicopter, among other things.
