ST JAMES, Jamaica – The police say they have launched a manhunt for six prisoners who escaped from the Montego Bay Police lock-up in St James this morning.

They are:

• Kelvin Hodge, 30, labourer of Barnett Town, St James who was charged for four counts of murder.

• Randy Murray, 30, labourer of Landillo, Phase 6, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland who was charged for illegal possession of firearm.

• Marcus Robinson, 34, higgler of Dome Street, Montego Bay, St James who was charged for illegal possession of firearm.

• Gregory Roberts, otherwise called ‘Greg’, 32 year old labourer of Maroon Town, St James who was charged for robbery with aggravation.

• Benjamin Stephens, 21 of Dias, Lucea, Hanover who was charged for murder.

• Shaniel Luton, 26, of Farm Heights, St James who was convicted of murder and scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, December 4.

Reports from the Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) are that about 6:00 am, during a routine cell check a hole was seen in the wall and the men were missing from their cell.

Anyone with information that can lead to the recapture of these prisoners is asked to contact the Montego Bay Police at 953-6191, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.

The police are also reminding the public that it is a criminal offence to harbour a criminal.