Prison escapee contacts mother and surrenders

Three days after he escaped while being transported to the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, 22-year-old Shamar Singh turned himself over to the Police on Monday.

Police Headquarters reported that Singh contacted his mother at about 10:45hrs and said he wanted to turn himself in.

The mother, 46-year-old Diane Singh of Hague, West Coast Demerara, picked up her son at the Guyana Power and Light location at Vreed-en-Hoop.

The woman said she went and picked him up and took him to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station and handed him over to the police.

Shamar and another escapee identified as Ryan Wilson called “Pepsi”, 28, of Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo escaped from police custody on Friday afternoon after they kicked open the door of the prison van transporting them.

Police had reported that Wilson was arrested for indecent assault while Shamar was arrested for simple larceny and the possession of narcotics.