More jail for NZ 'lamp post' criminal

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One of the two handcuffed criminals, whose escape bid was thwarted when they ran either side of a lamp post ending up in a comical tangled heap on the ground, has had his prison sentence extended.

Regan Reti, 20, pleaded guilty in Hastings District Court on Thursday to trying to escape custody and was sentenced to an extra month in jail on top of the two years he is already serving for assault.

The second man, a 26-year-old, was remanded after his lawyer expressed concerns over his fitness to plead.

The dumb and dumber criminals fled from a police escort while leaving a side entrance of Hastings District Court on Tuesday.

But their break for freedom came to an abrupt end after they ran either side of a lamp post, swung around and slammed into each other, landing in a crumpled heap on the ground.

The episode was captured on closed circuit television and has since been a popular download on the video website You Tube.

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