publish time

01/07/2018

author name Arab Times

publish time

01/07/2018

author name Arab Times
Redoine Faid
A notorious career thief who was once France’s most-wanted man pulled off a daring jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison in the Paris area by helicopter, officials said. Redoine Faid, 46, broke out of the prison in Reau in the city’s southeastern suburbs within minutes, helped by a number of heavily-armed men, sources close to the case said. The escape came after an appeals court sentenced him to 25 years for masterminding a May 2010 botched armed robbery, in which a policewoman was killed. aid fl ed on Sunday with three accomplices, according to the sources. (AFP)