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Te Ariki Poulgrain, 23, escaped from Corrections custody on June 30. “At this stage, we believe he may have been in contact with people in the Auckland, Northland, New Plymouth and Rotorua areas. “We encourage those people to do the right thing and contact police.” Corrections regional commissioner Lynette Cave previously said a “full operational review into the circumstances of the incident” would be launched. Poulgrain’s recent telephone calls in prison have been given to police to assist with their search, she said.
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Poulgrain was attending a medical appointment when he escaped, still wearing his Corrections handcuffs and GPS ankle bracelet.
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He is serving a sentence in Auckland Prison at Paremoremo for burglaries and for his part in a prison attack on double-murder Graeme Burton in 2018. Corrections staff went to unlock the back of the van and Poulgrain kicked the door, knocking back an officer, sources told
Stuff. He then pushed past staff and shot off down the street, still cuffed. Security camera footage released by police shows him jogging down Park Rd, which runs past Auckland Hospital and the Domain.
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Poulgrain on Park Rd moments after his daring escape. Letica has been in a relationship for about 15 years with Poulgrain s biological mother Liane. The couple run a diesel mechanic business in Kerikeri.
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