Meet escaped prisoner who has being on the run for 60 years

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January 4, 2016 10:15 AM

Meet world's most elusive fugitive who is still on the run after breaking out of jail 60 years ago.

Verne Prison, Dorset, United Kingdom

World’s most elusive fugitive is still on the run after breaking out of jail 60 years ago.

Known as John Patrick Hannan, the prisoner used knotted bedsheets to scale the walls of Verne Prison, Dorset, United Kingdom in December 1955.

Hannan, who holds the world record for longest escape from custody, disappeared without a trace and would now be aged 81. The Irishman broke free just 30 days into his 21-.month sentence for car theft and assaulting two police officers. Mirror UK reported.

Dorset Police, who have officially given up looking for him, believe he returned to his native country soon after he vanished.

Rumoured to be dead, his death has not been recorded so he is technically still a wanted man and is listed as missing on the police national computer.

The previous longest escape record of 45 years, 11 months, was held by double killer Leonard Friscoe from Nevada in the US.

Another famous fugitive, the late Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, was on the run for 32 years before he finally gave himself up. Mirror UK added.

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