The two individuals, detained at the Moulins-Yzeure (Allier) prison, escaped on the way back from a culinary competition on Saturday afternoon.
Two inmates from the Moulins-Yzeure (Allier) prison escaped on their way back from a culinary competition on Saturday afternoon, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned from the Roanne (Loire) prosecutor’s office.
The two men were returning from the final exams of a competition organized at the Paul Bocuse Institute in Écully (Rhône), when they left company with their companions from the Penitentiary Integration and Probation Service (SPIP) in the town of Néronde (Loire).
Two common criminals
Presented as “two common law delinquents, aged in their twenties and released in 2022 and 2023”, they “took advantage of a stop at the toilets on the Loire motorway rest area, on the edge of the river. ‘A89, to escape in a car stolen on the spot “, told AFP Abdelkrim Grini, the prosecutor of the Republic of Roanne, confirming information from the regional daily Progress.
The two detainees have been wanted since Saturday 5 p.m. by various local gendarmerie units, as well as the Roanne research brigade.
The two men benefited from an exit permit from the sentencing judge of Moulins who follows them as part of the preparation for their professional reintegration, the same source specifies.
Finalists of an inter-prison culinary challenge
They were, along with inmates from the Riom penitentiary center (Puy-de-Dôme), and the remand centers of Puy-en-Velay (Haute-Loire) and Bonneville (Haute-Savoie), of the finalists of the challenge. inter-prison culinary program launched by the Michelin-starred chef from Marseille, Michel Portos.
This competition aims to encourage participants to continue their professional integration path in prison, by preparing for the professional title of catering agent.
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