BELGIAN PRISON BREAK

This happened in Belgium and is far better than the series "Prison Break" !



This guy is a felon who was arrested 5 years ago for aggravated battery, burglery and drug dealing and had still more than 8 years to do. But during a medical visit at hospital, he managed to escape and were searched for all over the country and in whole Europe.

For an unknown reason the fugitif decided that life in liberty wasn't that nice and he was better in prison. So he presented himself at the door of a prison in Verviers, a city in the south of Belgium. As he was not in possession of his identity card, the prison's employes refused to let him in and send him away ! But that wasn't all, they even suggested him to go to the city administration and ask for a new card !

The guy had been initially incarcerated in Gent, a dutch speaking town, and as he had decided to go back to prison life, he didn't want to go back to a dutch speaking prison, but prefered a french speaking one. (Yes even amongst felons the "language" war exists apparently)

During his escape, the fugitif had been arrested twice, once because he had no car insurance and once during a police control. Each time he was released. Apparently nobody wanted him but meanwhile he was searched by the police all over the country.

When finally he was arrested, the director of the prison who had refused to take the guy in, explained to the press the reason why the prisoner had not been let in : "We have never seen this person before, because he wasn't incarcerated here. We had no possibility to identify him because he had no papers, everybody could pretend that he was him (!!)and we would be accused to arrest an innocent, and anyway our prison is full and we have no space for eventual intruders" !

The Belgians who have a lot of humor call these insolite happenings "Belgian Tales" and are the first to laugh about themselves !