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While Guards Fall Asleep, Jewel Thief Being Extradited To Germany Escapes
A jewel thief being extradited to Germany managed to escape his guards while in transit at Bangkok and fled the airport, Thai police have said.
Carlo Konstantin Kohl, 25, managed to escape from his two Australian escorts when their connecting flight to Germany was delayed because of bad weather.
Some Thai newspapers say that he escaped when his guards fell asleep.
But the firm that runs Australia's immigration security strenuously denied this was the case.
The Australian government has also been put on the defensive by the escape.
"Contrary to [Thai] media reports the escorts were not asleep - [that's) what I've been told," immigration department chief Martin Bowles told a parliamentary hearing after being accused by a senator of presiding over a "pretty big and embarrassing issue for Australia as a nation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22688732
Carlo Konstantin Kohl, 25, managed to escape from his two Australian escorts when their connecting flight to Germany was delayed because of bad weather.
Some Thai newspapers say that he escaped when his guards fell asleep.
But the firm that runs Australia's immigration security strenuously denied this was the case.
The Australian government has also been put on the defensive by the escape.
"Contrary to [Thai] media reports the escorts were not asleep - [that's) what I've been told," immigration department chief Martin Bowles told a parliamentary hearing after being accused by a senator of presiding over a "pretty big and embarrassing issue for Australia as a nation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22688732
