Two dangerous prisoners escaped and a Security Officer was shot

when gunmen carried out an audacious ambush on a Securicor prison escort van as it arrived at a court in London. The two prisoners were facing charges in connection with an alleged plot to steal more than £1m from a Securicor van. The back door of the vehicle transporting the prisoners, a Securicor van, was forced open after the driver was shot in the knee by a man disguised as a postman. Mark Freeman, deputy general secretary of prison officers’ union POA, called for a review of prison van security measures. Prisoners have escaped from both Securicor and Group 4 since private companies began ferrying prisoners to and from courts 10 years ago.