Prisoner

He was rushed to the hospital but died soon after.

The deceased escaped whilst being transported back to Barawagi Jail after a Court appearance in Kundiawa last month.

Provincial Police Commander Jacob Singura said the deceased was charged with rape and remanded at Barawagi Jail.

He was among other prisoners transported in two 25 seater buses hired by the CS.

PPC Singura said due to the backlog of cases and no proper prison van, the prisoners were transported on the hired buses to attend Court.

Morgan, who is a convicted prisoner and on death row, is believed to have escaped from custody prior to the removal.

“Morgan is being treated as an escapee now that he has escaped from custody,” says CS Commissioner Michael Waipo.

Plans are already underway to seek police help and have the all the required information at hand to recapture him.

“That’s the normal procedure that we’ll follow,” said Waipo.

Gonzalo Montoya Jiménez, an inmate at a jail in the Asturias region, regained consciousness just hours before an autopsy was due to be performed.

His body is said by his family to have been marked in preparation for the post-mortem examination.

He is now under observation in intensive care at an Oviedo hospital.

Family members told local newspaper La Voz de Asturias that Montoya "had autopsy markings on him, ready to be opened up".