ROBBER-CONVICTS OF A BRITISH ISLE
For a long time the townsfolk of Victoria, capital of the British Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean, have been terrified by ? mysterious and elusive band of nocturnal robbers till the police discovered that the thieves were none other than the convicts of Victoria Prison The corrugated iron roof of the prison dormitory was converted into a trap door by the inmates. Nearby a long rope was hidden. In the dead of night the convicts crept out of their cells, slid down the rope and plundered the town. By dawn they would be back with their booty. Apparently the prison cook led the robber-convicts, for many stolen articles were found in the kitchen.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22985, 14 September 1936, Page 7
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118ROBBER-CONVICTS OF A BRITISH ISLE Otago Daily Times, Issue 22985, 14 September 1936, Page 7
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