Police arrest Pentonville prison escapee Matthew Baker and warn the public not to approach James Anthony Whitlock after pair used ‘diamond-cutters’ and left pillows in beds to fool guards
ONE of two lags who escaped from jail at the weekend after they left dummies in their beds to fool guards was arrested last night.
Matthew Baker, 28, was today being held at a North London police station after being detained at an address in Ilford, East London.
A woman, 21, and a 33-year-old man were also nicked.
The 28-year-old Baker fled his cell on Sunday as he awaited sentencing for an attempted murder conviction.
James Whitlock, 31, who escaped with Baker from Pentonville jail, was still at large.
The Met’s Flying Squad and Homicide and Major Crime Command are helping with the investigation.
Whitlock was in jail after being charged with conspiracy to burgle, namely 19 offences of theft from ATMs at various locations in the south-east of England between December 2015 and August 2016.
Detectives warned the public to dial 999 and stay away from him if they spot him and described as a white man of slim build and has the word “Tracy” tattooed on his torso.
The pair broke out of their G Wing cell at Pentonville at 10.40pm on Sunday after stuffing their bunk beds with pillows to convince officers they were asleep – and the alarm wasn’t raised until Monday morning.
They’d cut through bars with a diamond-tipped saw, dropped on to a flat roof and scaled the 25ft perimeter wall using tied-together bedsheets.