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Bare-faced cheek lands prank student in African jail
An
Irish student has spent the last three weeks in an African prison after
a cheeky stunt went terribly wrong.
Patrick Devine from Dunfanaghy in Co. Donegal was arrested last month
after dropping his trousers and ‘pulling a mooner’ outside
the home of one of Senegal’s governors in Saint Louis.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed staff from the embassy
in neighbouring Nigeria had been working to secure his release and that
they are doing everything in their power to help the Irishman.
It is believed that the 19-year-old played the prank as part of a series
of dares.
The Queen’s University Belfast student had been spending the summer
in the country as part of a group from the Teaching and Projects Abroad
(TPA) scheme, which works with street children.
Mr Devine was arrested on July 27 when a local man saw the prank and held
him and other members of the group until police arrived.
He was held in custody in police cells for a number of days and later
moved to the prison La Maison de la Correction.
The TPA group said efforts were going on behind the scenes to try to secure
his release.
This is the third spot of trouble the engineering student has suffered
since he arrived in Senegal as part of his volunteering.
He had previously suffered a bout of chickenpox and also had to have part
of a toe amputated after a severe infection. |
