Robber gives court the slip

ONE of South Africa's most wanted criminals appears to have made the most mundane of escapes when he slipped from custody by walking out of a Pretoria court along with the public.

Bongani Moyo, arrested after a much-publicised manhunt, was due at a hearing related to the armed robbery of nearly three dozen banks.

Police would not comment on the incident, but correctional services, which placed Moyo under police care for the hearing had a few choice words.

"He was picked up by the police to go to court, and escaped under the nose of the police. We warned them that this person had escaped before," said a correctional services spokesman.