If you’re old enough you might remember George Wilder the escaped prsioner who evaded police for a couple of months in 1962 and gained the status of folk hero.
William Stewart who escaped from custody in February has now been on the run for 100 days.
He’s suspected of the theft of several vehicles and burglaries in Canterbury as he’s continued to evade police.
He’s been called a folk hero too but the farmers who’ve been victims of theft aren’t amused. One suspects that Stewart spent several days in his woolshed, surviving on meat taken from a freezer and cooked in a microwave.
Women’s refuge, also rejects any use of the term hero for the man who’s been convicted for violence against women.
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