The man who fled the dock at Liverpool Crown Court and remains at large was convicted following a bizarre assault case involving a rugby ball.
The ECHO revealed yesterday, Tuesday, January 4 that Nicholas Bunclark had leapt from the dock following his conviction on an assault charge and escaped from the court building. Bunclark was handed 16 months behind bars after being convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
The 30-year-old, St Oswald's Lane, Netherton, appeared at court following an incident in a hostel in Southport on November 19 2021. The Guardian reported Bunclark was part of a group of three who had woken the victim by throwing a rugby ball in his face.
