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Man escapes police custody while at court for multiple charges

A manhunt is under way for 31-year-old Oshane Scott, otherwise known as 'ChinChin', who escaped police custody at the St Mary Parish Court on Friday. Scott, who is of Manchester Lane, Cox Street in Port Maria, St Mary, was...

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