Pascal Payet

Infobox Criminal


subject_name = Pascal Payet
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date_of_birth = Birth date and age|1963|7|7
place_of_birth = Vitry-sur-Seine, France
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charge = murder committed during a robbery on a security vancite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/france/20070714-France-prison-Pascal-Payet-convict-escapes-prison.html | title = Frenchman stages second helicopter escape from prison | format = HTML | publisher = sundaytelegraph | accessdate = July 14 | accessyear = 2007]
penalty = -30-year sentence for murder-7-year sentence for having organised the 2003 jail break.cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0,22049,22077296-5006003,00.html | title = Killer stages second helicopter prison break | format = HTML | publisher = sundaytelegraph | accessdate = July 15 | accessyear = 2007]
status = In custody since Sept 2007
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Pascal Payet is a French criminal who has gained notoriety for his daring prison escapes using helicopters. He was initially sentenced to a 30 year jail term for a murder committed during the robbery of a security van.

Escape attempts

12 October 2001 Luynes prison in southern France

The initial escape Pascal Payet escaped from Luynes prison using a hijacked helicopter.cite web | year = 2007 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6899274.stm | title = French inmate in second breakout | format = HTML | publisher = BBC | accessdate = July 15 | accessyear = 2007]

2003 Luynes prison in southern France

Pascal Payet organized the helicopter escape of three men Franck Perletto, Eric Alboreo, and Michel Valero from Luynes prison using a hijacked helicopter.fr icon cite web | year = 2003 | url = http://www.investigateur.info/news/articles/article_2003_05_10_prison.html | title = Les évadés de la prison de Luynes arrêtés dans la Drôme | format = HTML | publisher = investigateur.info | accessdate = 2003-05-10 | accessyear = 2007 ] He was later captured and given seven more years for his role in the 2003 escape.

July 15, 2007 Grasse prison south-east France

Pascal Payet escaped from Grasse prison using a helicopter that was hijacked by four masked men from [http://www.aeroport.fr/les-aeroports-de-l-uaf/cannes-mandelieu.php Cannes-Mandelieu airport] . The helicopter landed some time later at Brignoles, 38 kilometres north-east of Toulon, France on the Mediterranean coast. Payet and his accomplices then fled the scene and the pilot was released unharmed.

Payet was re-captured on September 21, 2007, in Mataró, Spain, about 18 miles northeast of Barcelona. He had undergone cosmetic surgery, but was still identified by Spanish police. [cite news | url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_on_re_eu/france_helicopter_prison_break_1 | title = Escaped killer from French prison caught | date = September 21, 2007 | accessdate = 2007-10-02 | publisher = Associated Press ]

References

ee also

*Helicopter prison escapes