A man who became trapped in a disused bank vault - sparking a six hour rescue operation involving firefighters and heavy duty drilling equipment, has come forward and explained his story of misadventure.
Jacob Church and another man, Joe Tobin, who he only met that night, made headlines this weekend after reports of their imprisonment in a Cardiff City Centre building emerged.
Now the 21 year old, who described his ordeal as “pretty nuts” has explained how he became trapped after attending the launch night of an exhibition at the Abacus art space on the capital’s Wood Street.
The pair were in the secure room – where art was being displayed – at around 1am.
Jacob, originally from Taff’s Well, tried to close the door slightly, but it closed fully and inadvertently activated the lock.
“We were just in there and realised there was a really nice echo in the room,” he said.
I went to shut the door a tiny bit and it shut the whole way.
