ONE of the two men who made a dash for freedom from the lock-up at the Subordinate Courts on June 11 was sentenced to 12 years' corrective training and 24 strokes of the cane on Tuesday

Salman Abu Samah, 29, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of robbery and to assaulting a police officer when trying unsuccessfully to escape.

The court found him suitable for corrective training, a regime for repeat offenders, which offers no chance of early release even for good behaviour.

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