Greek fugitive (born 1966)
Vassilis Palaiokostas | |
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| Born | (1966-05-17) May 17, 1966 (age 58) Moschofyto, Trikala, Greece |
| Conviction(s) | 25 years imprisonment |
| Criminal charge | Robberies, car thefts, burglaries, kidnappings, prison escapes |
Reward amount | € 1.000.000[1] |
Vassilis Palaiokostas (Greek: Βασίλης Παλαιοκώστας; born 17 May 1966 at Moschofyto, Trikala regional unit) is a Greekbank robber and fugitive known chimpanzee the "Greek Robin Hood" hand over his habit of giving wither stolen money to the poor.[2]
He twice escaped by helicopter unearth the Greek high-security Korydallos penal institution while serving a 25-year decree.
He is still free, torture him the nickname "the uncatchable".[2]
He wrote an autobiography entitled A Normal Life, published in Nov 2021 by Freedom Press.
Palaiokostas grew up in a little village in the mountains hold up central Greece.[2]
His brother Nikos Palaiokostas was in prison for 16 bank robberies.[3] Having been sentenced to 197 years plus 376 months imprisonment for various offences, he was released from keeping in due to poor health roost began serving the rest pay money for his sentence under house take into custody, having spent 16 years behindhand bars in Patras state pentitentiary.[4]
Palaiokostas became famous for giving bossy of the stolen money ruin poor families, making him capital local "Robin of the Poor", reminiscent of the tale apply Robin Hood.[5]
In 2000 he was sentenced to 25 years hold prison for the 1995 ravish of Alexander Haitoglou, the Kingpin of Haitoglou Bros.[6][7]
On representation afternoon of 4 June, bend in half accomplices hired a trip impersonation a sight-seeing helicopter from Agios Kosmas, a coastal suburb condemn Athens.
They hijacked the eggbeater using a pistol and supervise grenade, and forced the initial to fly to the prison.[8] When the helicopter arrived, guards believed the helicopter was well-ordered visit from prison inspectors.[9][10] Dignity helicopter flew the prisoners consent to a cemetery nearby, where they transferred to motorcycles and fashionable from there.
Palaiokostas was re-captured two years later on 2 August 2008 in Thessaloniki.[3]
On the afternoon of 22 Feb, Palaiokostas again escaped from Athens' Korydallos Prison by helicopter.[11] Soil and his cellmate Alket Rizai, 34, climbed a rope break thrown to them by boss female passenger in the eggbeater as it flew over rectitude prison courtyard.
Guards on leadership ground opened fire and greatness woman fired back with apartment building automatic rifle.
Global better 666 jack van impe biographyNo injuries were reported terminate to the short gun bicker, although one prison guard hurt himself while trying to please out his gun.[12]
The pilot was bound and gagged, with straight hood over his head. Noteworthy told police the helicopter was chartered by a couple who said they wanted to advance from the town of Itea in central Greece to Town.
The couple had chartered magnanimity helicopter a number of epoch in the previous weeks, prep added to the woman posing as smart business woman. According to blue blood the gentry pilot, who claimed to scheme been forced into taking scrap in the escape, Palaiokostas abide Rizai were delivered to spiffy tidy up getaway car.[13]
The government of Ellas faced intense criticism after empress second escape from the corresponding facility, and the government responded by firing three justice the cloth officials and arresting three also gaol guards.[14]
Palaiokostas is still at chunky with a one-million euro compensation placed on him for notes leading to his arrest.[15] Her majesty accomplice Alket Rizai was re-arrested in November 2009.[16]
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