Fugitive Brit criminal brags about being allowed to flee country while on trial

A fugitive British ex-inmate has boasted about being freed to flee to Thailand while awaiting trial for knife crime - as new figures showed how tens of thousands of defendants have skipped court.The self-confessed offender named as 'AD' told Channel 4's Dispatches programme that officials were 'absolute wallies' for granting him bail after his arrest for wounding with intent.He bragged about boarding a plane to a place in Thailand dubbed 'Sin City' - while being told by his lawyer he might as well be able to escape 'to the moon and back'.AD told of how, despite apparently facing a potential sentence of up to 18 years behind bars, he was able to leave the country with ease.His taunts come as it was revealed almost 60,000 criminal suspects skipped court in England and Wales last year – including thousands accuse