A prisoner, called Oliver Crystal, who had been serv- ing a seven-year sentence for arson, had been employed by the prison in making stationery together with other prisoners. The stationery, (17) large cardboard boxes and despatched to shops by a courier, (18) was packed in At the end of the working day, the prisoner climbed into one of the boxes. When the courier arrived to col- lect the goods, the box, (19) inmate was loaded onto the truck along with the rest of containing the the batch (20) As soon as the vehicle was outside the prison gates and out of sight, the convict got out of the box and jumped off. It is believed that he was immediately picked up in a car by his accomplices, (21). driver alerted the police, after he noticed the cover on the back of the truck had been cut. The Other inmates are suspected to have known of the planned escape, but they are unlikely to testify, as helping a prisoner to escape is a criminal offence in Germany, (22). for the man, but are at present unaware of his where- The police are on the hunt abouts.

A where events like this one are uncommon B which gets delivered nationwide C that were due for delivery that day D where they had been waiting E which had also been in prison F which the driver later said was heavier than usual G who was a regular visitor to the prisoner H who had been waiting at a pre-arranged meeting point

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