Two men who have been on the run after escaping custody in 1979 and 1980, respectively, were recaptured in a Kingfish-led operation on Saturday.
Both men, who have been using assumed names since escaping, have been positively identified as Michael Lawrence using the assumed name 'Paul Devon Johnson', 48, of Laws Street, and 56-year-old Errol Duncan, using the assumed name 'Keith Anthony Jones', of Princess Street, both in Kingston.
Duncan was convicted on gun-related charges and was serving a 17-year term at the time of his escape.
Life sentence
Lawrence was serving life after being convicted for murder in 1976. He lost his appeal in 1977 and escaped from the St Catherine District Prison in 1979.
Both men were held in an operation carried out at the Harbour View roundabout on Saturday by operatives from the NIB/Kingfish, Flying Squad and the Kingston Eastern police.
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