Nicknamed the "getaway king", Rédoine Faïd, 51, was serving time for burglary offences when accomplices allegedly hijacked a helicopter and landed it in the courtyard of Reau prison in July 2018.

The court did not, and handed him a one-year suspended prison sentence. Three of Redoine Faid's nephews, who helped him during his escape and time on the run, were sentenced to two, six and eight ...

Faïd was at that moment receiving a visit from another brother, Brahim. Inmates of the prison cheered as the helicopter took off with its new passenger. The whole operation took less than 10 minutes.

The incident-filled trial over the 2018 helicopter prison escape was long, chaotic and fraught with every possible incident. It was poorly managed by a judge overwhelmed by the defendants.

Infamous French criminal Rédoine Faïd, who escaped prison in 2018 aboard a hijacked helicopter in a jailbreak that astonished France, went on trial in Paris on Tuesday. Faïd, dubbed the ...

A jailed French gangster known as the “getaway king” after two dramatic escapes from prison - one involving a hijacked helicopter - will be locked up for a further 14 years.. Redoine Faid, who ...

Rédoine Faïd was one of France's most notorious gangsters when he escaped from prison in 2018. ... Redoine Faid was placed on Interpol's most-wanted list after his 2013 escape.

However, on September 14, it became clear that the prison administration itself was not the deterrent preventing the escape, and they cannot claim to have been uninformed about the situation.

Faïd was at that moment receiving a visit from another brother, Brahim. Inmates of the prison cheered as the helicopter took off with its new passenger. The whole operation took less than 10 minutes.