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34 NEWS The Edmonton Sun n TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY Up, up and away QUEBEC Police eventually found the helicopter back in Mont-Tremblant. Only the pilot was in it. The men, meanwhile, escaped in a white Cadillac Escalade — with police on their tail. Once in the air, the men reportedly pulled out a gun and ordered the pilot to fly to Saint-Jerome detention centre Mont-Tremblant Chertsey Saint-Jerome Around 2 p.m.: The helicopter arrived at the prison and hovered over the jail. Ropes were lowered. Two inmates climbed the ropes. Both fugitives were reported to be injured during the escape. arrested on foot around 4:15 p.m. allegedly broke into a chalet in Chertsey. Police said officers caught them around 7:30 p.m. as they tried to escape from the home. sugar shack, also in the town of Chertsey. Police said he gave himself up just after midnight. Officers located the Cadillac and the suspects Two men posing as tourists hired a chopper for a tour from Heli- Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant Feb. 24 Trikala Prison, Greece Escapee: Panagiotis Vlastos March 22 Sheksna, Penal colony N17, Russia Escapee: Alexey Shestakov June 25 Isle of Wight , U.K. Escapee: Brian Lawrence July 23 Bruges, Belgium Escapees: Ashraf Sekkaki plus three other criminals April 27 Domenjod Prison, Reunion, France Escapees: Juliano Verbard, Alexin Jismy, Fabrice Michel Feb. 22 Korydallos Prison, Greece Escapees: Vasilis Paleoko- stas, Alket Rizai Oct.28 Ittre prison, Belgium Escapee: Nordin Benallal July 15 Grasse prison, France Escapee: Pascal Payet April 15 Lantin Prison, Liege, Belgium Escapee: Eric Ferdinand June 6 Korydallos Prison, Greece Escapee: Vassilis Paleokostas How it happened The escapees BENJAMIN HUDON-BARBEAU, 36: Was in jail for possessing drugs and a handgun. DANNY PROVENCAL months for a home invasion and arson. Successful attempt Failed attempt Saint-Jerome holds about 480 inmates There are no security measures in place at the jail to prevent a helicop- ter from swooping down from above. Montreal IN MINUTES News and events — visually Recent helicopter escapes helicopter’s vertical lift is ideal for the limited space to land and take off in prisons. 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 It was like something out of a Bond movie — two Canadian inmates broke out of prison in broad daylight by climbing into a helicopter hovering over a prison northwest of Montreal

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34 NEWS The Edmonton Sun n Tuesday, March 19, 2013

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY

MONTREAL — �e four suspects arrested in Sunday's brazen daylight jailbreak appeared in court Monday afternoon and together face 25 charges, including attempted murder, breaking and entering,

and hijacking an aircraft.�e four, two inmates

from Quebec's Saint-Jerome maximum-security jail and two suspected accomplices, will appear in court again on April 16 and remain in jail until then.

Inmates Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau, 36, and Dany Provencal, 33, were whisked away by hijacked helicopter Sunday afternoon from the jail courtyard.

�e two suspected accomplices are Mathieu

Steven Marchiso, 20, and Yage Beaudoin, 24.

Police would not say how the inmates and the suspected accomplices knew each other.

— QMI Agency

Up, up and away

QUEBEC

It was like something out of a Bond movie — two Canadian inmates broke out of prison in broad daylight by climbing into a helicopter hovering over a prison northwest of Montreal

Police eventually found the helicopter back in Mont-Tremblant. Only the pilot was in it. The men, meanwhile, escaped in a white Cadillac Escalade — with police on their tail.

Once in the air, the men reportedly pulled out a gun and ordered the pilot to fly to Saint-Jerome detention centre

Mont-Tremblant

Chertsey

Saint-JeromeAround 2 p.m.: The helicopter arrived at the prison and hovered over the jail. Ropes were lowered. Two inmates climbed the ropes. Both fugitives were reported to be injured during the escape.

arrested on foot around 4:15 p.m.

allegedly broke into a chalet in Chertsey. Police said officers caught them around 7:30 p.m. as they tried to escape from the home.

sugar shack, also in the town of Chertsey. Police said he gave himself up just after midnight.

Officers located the Cadillac and the suspects

Two men posing as tourists hired a chopper for a tour from Heli-Tremblant in Mont-Tremblant

Feb. 24 Trikala Prison, Greece Escapee: Panagiotis Vlastos

March 22Sheksna, Penal colony N17, RussiaEscapee: Alexey Shestakov

June 25 Isle of Wight , U.K.Escapee: Brian Lawrence

July 23 Bruges, Belgium Escapees: Ashraf Sekkaki plus three other criminals

April 27 Domenjod Prison, Reunion, FranceEscapees: Juliano Verbard, Alexin Jismy, Fabrice Michel

Feb. 22 Korydallos Prison, Greece Escapees: Vasilis Paleoko-stas, Alket Rizai

Oct.28 Ittre prison, Belgium Escapee: Nordin Benallal

July 15 Grasse prison, France Escapee: Pascal Payet

April 15 Lantin Prison, Liege, Belgium Escapee: Eric Ferdinand

June 6 Korydallos Prison, Greece Escapee: Vassilis Paleokostas

How it happened

The escapeesBENJAMIN HUDON-BARBEAU, 36: Was in jail for possessing drugs and a handgun.DANNY PROVENCALmonths for a home invasion and arson.

Successful attempt

Failed attempt

Saint-Jerome holds about 480 inmates

There are no security measures in place at the jail to prevent a helicop-ter from swooping down from above.

Montreal

IN MINUTES News and events — visually

Recent helicopter escapeshelicopter’s vertical lift is ideal for the limited space to land and take off in prisons.

2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

It was like something out of a Bond movie — two Canadian inmates broke out of prison in broad daylight by climbing into a helicopter hovering over a prison northwest of Montreal