Convicted sex offender on the run after cutting off ankle bracelet

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment escaped felon, sex offender

Police are on the hunt for a convicted sex offender who robbed a betel nut stand in Taipei City today, after cutting off an electronic ankle bracelet and fleeing his residence in Hualien last night. Ou Li-yuan, now 53, was sentenced to life in prison in 1997 after being convicted for the rape and robbery of a female college student at knife point . Ou was released on parole in 2017 on condition that he wear an electronic monitoring device,

Crime and Criminals

October 5, 2017October 9, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment escaped felon, hsinchu

A man who had his parole revoked after being arrested for firearms offenses put a knife to his own neck, told bailiffs to stay away, and escaped from the Hsinchu District Court wearing fetters yesterday, Wednesday, October 4. Ho Rong-qi (何榮淇) had just been told that he would be going back to prison when he drew a utility knife and threatened to kill himself. Ho escaped the basement-level court via the judges’ passageway and locked a fire door behind him,