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Prisoner charged over bungled armed jailbreak scheme at Casuarina Prison in Perth
WA Police have charged a prisoner and his associate for allegedly conspiring to free an inmate from Casuarina Prison using firearms.
Key points:
- The men allegedly sent coded messages to each other
- Police searched a house and jail cell during the investigation
- One of the accused refused to answer the magistrate during his appearance
Both 24-year-old men were charged with conspiracy to forcibly free or attempt to free a person who was serving a murder sentence.
The men appeared separately in the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday.
Inmate Robert Wayne Edhouse appeared via video link from prison but refused to say anything.
He was in shackles and would not answer when the magistrate, Thomas Hall, repeatedly asked him if his name was Robert Wayne…
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