A man jumped out of the dock and fled from court moments after being jailed for assault.
Nicholas Bunclark appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday (January 3) and was handed a 16 month prison sentence. He is still at large since his escape.
Bunclark was convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following an attack at a hostel on Leyland Road in Southport on November 19 2021. The ECHO was told that the 30-year-old held his head in his hands after learning his sentence.