Linikitten

On 21/01/2021 at 10:12, only_me said:

`Eric Mangle was sentenced to nineteen years reduced to twelve on appeal. In September 1964 while working in the prison laundry he escaped from Dartmoor with 3 other inmates. They did this by overpowering  a warder and getting over the wall.  On the run for 8 weeks he was given an extra six months on capture.  Eric was released in 1970 after serving nine-and-a-half years.

Great information thanks 

Yes it was him but I can’t find anything online regarding the escape 

    I do remember selling a car 20 years ago to a old lad that went white when he saw my name on the log book and asked me if I was related . He then went on to tell me about the escape how the other was tied up in the gym . 
   I often think about putting a book together as this was before I was born and things carried on till he died aged mid 70’s . He joined the hells angels aged 50 and had a friend who came from America that laundered money for the mafia . His answer to most things was to meet it head on with violence. I’ve seen him break people’s knee caps with a cosh . For disrespecting him I know when he first met my mum he ended up assisting her brother with a crow bar then got 12 months for 18 stitches  . 
   Hopefully people will put more information on here as I’d like to know more 

 cheers nick 

Eric Samuel mangle was my father he died a few years ago . This is very interesting information 

 cheers nick