Accomplice of 'Shawshank' escapee Richard Matt, who was released from prison ... - Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE: Accomplice of 'Shawshank' escapee Richard Matt, who was released from prison last summer, is living in fear as his graphic testimony helped convict deranged killer and sentence him to life Convicted murderer Richard Matt, 48, escaped... I heard a pop' Matt later returned and lop off his arms and legs with a hacksaw and threw the dismembered body into the Niagara River Bates' father tells Daily Mail Online that his son has reason to be afraid By Martin Gould In Dannemora, New York... Convicted murderer Lee Bates is now living in fear of his own life after the deranged killer he helped send to prison for life is on the run following the 'Shawshank Redemption' escape from a maximum-security prison. Bates, 38, turned state's evidence against Richard Matt in 2008, telling a court of a 27-hour ride of terror as Matt searched for the perfect place to kill and dismember his former boss. Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
