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French prisoner snakes past guards in cardboard box

The first time someone snuck out of a real-life prison by stuffing themselves inside a cardboard box, we found it amusing.

The second time, though, we have to wonder how this keeps happening.

According to the Telegraph, French inmate Jean-Pierre Treiber constructed a cardboard box

in the prisoner's workshop at the Auxerre, Burgundy "high-security" prison at which he was awaiting trial.

When no one was around last Tuesday morning, Treiber himself hopped in the box and awaited loading with "dozens" of other boxes,

only hopping out of his concealment well after the truck had left the prison.

In 2004, Treiber was accused of murdering French actor Roland Giraud's daughter, Geraldine, as well as her friend Katia Lherbier.

Giraud calls the escape an "avowal" of Treiber's guilt, while Treiber's lawyer says it may be an indication of his client's

absence of faith in the justice system.

Either way, one thing's for sure: We either need fewer cardboard boxes in European prisons or more prison guards with suspiciously narrow vision cones.

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