jail sewer pipe in a real-life Shawshank Redemption plot. Cai Changpan, 37, facing execution after being found guilty of methamphetamine smuggling, dug a hole from his cell into waste pipes and out onto the street.The elaborate scheme is remarkably reminiscent of the iconic scene in the legendary 1994 film which sees character Andy Dufresne escape from the Shawshank State Penitentiary via a sewage-filled pipe he spent 19 years digging.Red - played by Morgan Freeman - utters the memorable line: "Andy crawled to freedom through 500 yards of s*** - smelling foulness I can't even imagine." Amazingly, the Chinese drug dealer had successfully escaped jail once before using a similar method.
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