Prison escapee surrenders after taking child hostage
A PRISON escapee has surrendered to police after taking a child hostage while armed with a knife.
It’s believed the man, who was in jail for armed robbery, escaped from Tasmania’s Risdon Prison just after 8.30am.
Police set up road blocks and located the man on a boat, where he is believed to have taken a child hostage, but the child was released.
The man has been taken into custody.
