Practitioners advising on attempt charges should note that concealing oneself within a prison roof cavity for over five hours constitutes more than mere preparation and is sufficiently proximate to escape to found an attempt conviction, even where the ultimate means of escape remained speculative. Sentences for attempted escape at the low end of objective gravity remain subject to meaningful cumulative terms.
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