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Woman whom police say escaped from them using a paraglider arrested and faces 20 charges
[January 24, 2006]

Woman whom police say escaped from them using a paraglider arrested and faces 20 charges


(IRN News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)A woman who allegedly made a James Bond-style escape from Queenstown police last year has been arrested.

The Invercargill prostitute allegedly stole a $250 watch from a Queenstown shop in December, before heading up the gondola.

She then paraglided over red-faced police waiting at the bottom and escaped.

The 33-year-old has been arrested in Invercargill and faces 20 mainly theft-related charges.

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