 | Convicted gangster Rédoine Faïd was spotted by cops near Paris.
He fled the scene and abandoned a car with plastic explosives and fake license plates in a car park. On 1 July Faïd, 46, broke out of a prison with the help of armed accomplices who hijacked a helicopter. The Jailbird King, as he is dubbed by French media, was serving a 25-year sentence for a failed 2010 robbery during which a police officer was killed.
This is the first sighting of the convict since his escape, despite some 2,900 police officers joining a national manhunt. |  The escape helicopter was found in Gonesse, north of Paris. |
