Jailbreak maniac gets life for trying to murder stranger

Dagenham

One of the two inmates who escaped from Pentonville prison in an Alcatraz-style breakout has been jailed for life for trying to murder a stranger. Matthew Baker, 28, repeatedly stabbed 25-year old Matthew Bennett with glass and a knife, at a flat in Lewis Way, Dagenham, Essex. Mr Bennett was left with nearly 50 scars to his body as well as injuries to his heart and lung. One of the wounds to his ear penetrated the temporal lobe of his…

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