A POLICE prosecutor in Port Moresby is expected to be charged in relation to the escape of a suspect allegedly involved in the attempted K4.7 million armed robbery last week.
The National understands the prosecutor was implicated after investigators questioned security officers from the National and Supreme Court’s Sheriff Office.
Peter Biari’s escape from the court lock-up at Waigani was discovered by a duty officer when a head count was made at about 2pm last Thursday.
Biari had earlier been charged in court and was to be taken back to the Boroko police station along with a few others.
He is believed to be the driver of the getaway vehicle which was seized near the Atlas Steel police station along the Porebada Road.
In the attempted robbery last Monday, two security men commandeered a chartered plane that was transporting about K4.7 million for Bank of South Pacific to Kiunga and Tabubil, Western province, from Port Moresby.
They forced the pilot to land the plane on Fisherman Island off Port Moresby.
The money was recovered and one of the robbers was shot dead in a shootout with the police in an attempt to escape.
Apart from Biari, a third person was also detained.