Brit thug caught on CCTV in brazen prison break using ladder is finally caught in Costa Blanca after months on the run
Brit thug caught on CCTV in brazen prison break using ladder is finally caught in Costa Blanca after months on the run
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A BRITISH criminal thug, who spent five months on the run after escaping a Portuguese prison using a ladder, has finally been caught. Mark Roscaleer was seized by cops on Spain's Costa Blanca while he was brazenly riding around in a Porsche. The violent prisoner was caught on CCTV scaling a 20-foot jail wall - at Vale de Judeus Prison in Alcoentre near Lisbon - last September. Roscaleer was part of a mass prison escape along with four other inmates.
![[Mugshot of Mark Roscaleer.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cops-launch-urgent-manhunt-pictured-930997718.jpg?strip=all&w=602)
The British thug was caught with one of the other four escapees - convicted Argentinian bank robber and suspected child kidnapper and killer Rodolfo Lohrmann - on Thursday. Roscaleer reportedly attempted to resist arrest and left several officers injured. The thug had been jailed in June 2020, at an Algarve court, and was serving nine years behind bars for kidnap and robbery. He was found guilty of torturing a victim by putting a battery cable clamp on his intimate areas.
![[CCTV image of two escapees running.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2019-hi-thwarted-escape-plot-930996690.jpg?strip=all&w=897)
The Runcorn, Cheshire-born criminal is now facing extradition to Portugal along with Lohrmann, nicknamed ‘El Ruso’ or ‘The Russian’. More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at The Sun Online. Thesun.co.uk is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thesun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.
