Canada: Suspect limps away from custody

March 1st, 2012

Suspect limps away from custody

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A broken leg couldn’t keep him from breaking free.

It took more than a dozen heavily armed police officers to arrest a suspect with a single good leg after an armed standoff at a Winnipeg home Saturday, but no one was around when the man limped out of hospital unchallenged eight hours later.

The suspect walked away from Seven Oaks Hospital dragging an intravenous drip stand behind him only minutes after police left, said Insp. Blair McCorrister.

“He told staff he was going out for a cigarette.”

The suspect hailed a cab and disappeared into the night — eight hours after he was taken into custody. It was during his arrest that police discovered he had a broken leg suffered several days before the standoff.

The suspect was rearrested about an hour after he escaped and brought back to hospital for surgery on his leg.

Charged with numerous offences, including two counts of assault and discharging a firearm, is Jamie Roulette, 20.