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Convicts stage two daring escapes from King’ong’o Prison

The main entrance in the Kingongo Maximum Prison where the two were being held before their dramatic escape from the old Nyeri Law Courts in 2010. [PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD]

Escaping from prison has been portrayed in various blockbuster action films such as A Mere Walk in the Park and Prison Break.

All you have to do – according to these epic films – is trick a friendly prison guard, do a few somersaults in the air and clobber him unconscious before grabbing his bunch of keys and unlocking the handcuffs.

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