Four prison wardens to face assault charges

Four prison wardens are to be arraigned tomorrow to face charges of having assaulted a Dutch prisoner earlier this week. Informed sources said the prisoner, Perry Ingumar Toornstra, suffered fractures when he was beaten after having briefly escaped...

Four prison wardens are to be arraigned tomorrow to face charges of having assaulted a Dutch prisoner earlier this week.

Informed sources said the prisoner, Perry Ingumar Toornstra, suffered fractures when he was beaten after having briefly escaped custody last Saturday.

The prisoner, who was handcuffed, escaped as he was being driven back to the prison after prison leave, but he was quickly recaptured in nearby Paola Square.

He will also be taken to court to face charges of escaping from the prison, although that arraignment will not take place tomorrow.

Mr Toornstra was jailed in 2000 after what was, then, the biggest Ecstasy haul in Malta - nearly 4,000 pills. Coincidentally, the police announced today that UK police had arrested a woman who two years ago jumped bail in Malta as she awaited trial for allegedly importing 5,000 Ecstasy pills, one of the biggest hauls to date.(see separate story)

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