A gang leader from Brazil has attempted to pull off one of the most brazen prison break attempts of all time.

Michael Scofield used his ingenious structural engineering skills to bust out of Prison Break’s Fox River State Penitentiary, while The Shawshank Redemption’s Andy Dufresne chiselled his way to freedom with a rock hammer.

But for the decidedly non-fictional Clauvino ‘Shorty’ da Silva, 42, his plans to break out of the clink involved some seriously dubious parenting skills. And his story probably wouldn’t make a particularly touching Oscar nominated blockbuster…