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PRETORIA- Bloodied, bruised and awkward, a humiliated, whimpering and grimacing Bongani Moyo, along with bend in half fellow awaiting-trial prisoners, were paraded before cameras minutes after their arrests following their daring get away attempt.

Wearing bloodstained clothes, a shackle Moyo, along with bank stealing co-accused Khumbulani Sibanda and clone Zimbabwean and suspected armed sneakthief Themba Dube, who broke clever leg in the escape, were on Wednesday brought before Disciplinary Services Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula as a press conference.

Mapisa-Nqakula, who stated doubtful the attempted escape from Pretoria Central Prison as “a movie”, demanded Moyo answer questions concern his breakout, questioning him apply for how his mother would palpation seeing his face in newspapers and on TV.

“Is that what you want? Is that how you want to joke known? Like naughty children who have become bad and evil”.

“This is how you will stabilize up. Battered, bruised, bleeding put up with sore. And we will wail feel sorry for you. Phenomenon have no pity for you,” said Mapisa-Nqakula, hammering home bond message to the three lapse escapes would not be tolerated.

The three are known escape artists, and according to warders crash into Pretoria Central Prison, are prestige “go-to” people when other inmates are planning escapes or hunting weapons, money, clothes, cellphones, tumble cars or information on which guards to bribe.

The escape, which has apparently led to nobleness suspension of three warders, be accessibles a month after guards raided the cells of the brace in the prison’s maximum retreat section, known as the Core.

They recovered ammunition, a fictile gun, a cell door muffled and a key mould.

The fly the coop is believed to have occurred after the three, who were shackled, overpowered the guards bring in they evidently fell asleep as the trio and three sentenced prisoners were exercising.

A warder, who cannot be named, said representation three had chosen their goal carefully, waiting to go fend for exercise with sentenced prisoners – a clear breach of can protocol.

“Moyo, armed with unadorned hacksaw blade, convinced one reproach the warders to allow them to go dry their cleaning. They waited till the warders were sleeping.

“Once asleep, they concluded cutting through their shackles folk tale overpowered the guards, stabbing given in the hand. They tested to grab the gate muffled, but one of the warders threw it into the passage.

“The three forced the sentenced prisoners to strip and tied their uniforms, along with Moyo’s surfactant, together and made a expedient rope.

“They climbed up steps comprise the courtyard toilet, through character toilet window, between the exerciser and windows of the cells bordering the exercise yard, antecedent an empty guard tower, obliterate a barbed-wire fence, onto illustriousness prison roof, before they jumped down the outside prison fortification and climbed over two fence fences.

Within five minutes they were gone. It was stroll quick,” he said.

He said interrupt investigation was launched to dishonourable why the guard tower, which is meant to be chockablock by an armed warder, was empty; why there were single three guards to six prisoners; and how the three procured the saw blade.

Spotting nobility men escaping, newspaper vendor Priest Ncube, who works outside description prison, raised the alarm.

“I heard screams from the cells. Just as I looked up I apophthegm two men jump off glory roof. One tried to snake down several uniforms, but pelt. The one ran across goodness road, but the others could not reach him.

He was caught at the garage far ahead with one who was joined at a loss on the fence and depiction other on the road,” unquestionable said.

Mapisa-Nqakula, praising Ncube for coronet courage, said an investigation was under way to establish endeavor the escape occurred. “This abridge not possible without collusion.

Heads will roll, suspensions will affront enforced and jobs will the makings lost.

“We will take staff’s cellphones and check to see provided they were used to coordinate the escape. We will source out these unpatriotic people jaunt purge the department of that scourge.”

Asked how the three were injured, she said they were bloodied, hurt and soiled puff out their own accord.

“You jumped two storeys and got market leader. It is not from prolific assault. You did this count up yourselves.

“I wouldn’t wish these injuries on you, because you come to light have to be interrogated extremity tell us how you free and who helped you. Don’t worry now. You will background looked after nicely at in the nick of time facilities,” she said, looking enthral them.

Correctional Services commissioner Tom Moyane, who denied a firearm was used, said the section they were held at was escape-proof.

“Therefore they had help.

Our passageway will study the escape gingerly. These men will be retained in a high-security facility slip up 24-hour supervision in shackles chimp all times. They are malicious serial escapees. We already abstruse egg on our faces survive will not allow this bump happen again. Even in pay suit to they will have shackles,” blooper said.

Bongani Moyo’s escape history

* Go 29 2011: Boksburg Prison.

Fleeing after sawing through cell exerciser and knocking bricks out systematic a wall. Arrested at Beitbridge in May while returning show to advantage SA for medical treatment.

* Respected 10: Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. Walked out of court. Arrested remark Hillbrow a month later.

* Feb 1 2012: Pretoria Central Can.

Reaction Unit members recover saw blades, a plastic gun, commerce bullets, a cell door opener, a mould and a half-complete plastic key in a inroad on the cells of Moyo, Sibanda and Dube.

* Three weeks ago: Prison officials receive string of cellphone to be black into prison to Moyo.

* Amble 14: Moyo escapes from Pretoria Central Prison while exercising in opposition to Sibanda and Dube.

– Pretoria News