Police in the US are looking for a robbery suspect who escaped from custody by slipping out of a back door while handcuffed to a chair.

John Caesar, 58, was being questioned over theft from a bar in Buffalo NY.

He was handcuffed to the chair in a police station when he escaped around 4pm.

Police said the chair was missing and Caesar may still be handcuffed to it.

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