AFTER escaping from the Mazaruni Prison almost two months ago, convicted prisoner, Christopher Punch, has been nabbed by police in Georgetown.

On April 14, 2020, Punch was nabbed at Norton and John Streets, Georgetown, by police, after he attempted to rob a man.

According to Director of Prison, Gladwin Samuels, Punch has since been handed over to prison authorities. Charges will be instituted, departmentally, as soon as he is reviewed and cleared by the medical department for Covid-19, after the fourteen (14) days segregation from the general population.

On February 29, 2020, Punch, who was serving time at the Mazaruni Prison for larceny, escaped from the facility

According to Samuels, Punch was signed out to labour on the farms, attending to animals, when he escaped.
Punch was imprisoned for four counts of “larceny of motorcycle” and was serving four (4) two-year sentences, running consecutively.

He also has one count of attempted larceny for which he was sentenced to one year in prison. The one year is running concurrently with one of the two-year sentences.