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Science used in attempted jail break
A prisoner has apparently used a science trick in an attempt to escape from his cell at the Lotus Glen prison, near Mareeba.
The 29-year-old inmate, serving a life sentence for murder, successfully breached the bars of his cell window. But the man, who has been in jail for seven years, was caught attempting to escape a second meshed cage.
It is understood he corroded his cell bars over several months by putting salt water on them and conducting an electric current to them by inserting a one-metre length of wire into a power point and attaching it to the bars with electrical tape.
He was caught after a guard saw a light coming from the cell and went to check on him.
A Corrective Services spokesman said an investigation has been launched into how the man breached the bars.
The prisoner has been charged with attempting to escape custody and will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on May 10.
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