Twins Escape From Swedish Jail

[matcom]

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A MAN has escaped from a Swedish jail after switching clothes with his identical twin brother, officials said today.

The two 18-year-olds were left alone in a detention cell yesterday after one of them had just been sentenced to 10 months in a reformatory school for assault and robbery.

The convict walked free from the jail after switching clothes and pretending to be his brother.

His brother then told wardens they now had the wrong man and his true identity was confirmed by fingerprinting. He was arrested for aiding a felon, but was also released a few hours later. He may face charges.

"We were quite simply duped. They are probably having a good laugh somewhere right now," said Lars-Ake Pettersson, head of the jail in Kronoberg in Stockholm.

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