A SYRIAN migrant jailed for raping a schoolgirl has escaped from prison after starting an affair with a female warden.

Heavily tattooed Hassan Kiko, 27, vanished from his Swiss jail cell earlier this week, police say.

Officers have now released pictures of 32-year-old prison guard Angela Magdici, who they believe freed her muscular lover before eloping with him.

The breakout is thought to have taken place in the middle of the night. Magdici seized the opportunity to free her tattooed lover when a male colleague was sleeping.

Wardens said they had no idea that a relationship had developed between the two.

Prison director Roland Zurkirchen said: “As supervisors, we need to maintain a professional relationship but sometimes it is necessary to speak in confidence with inmates.”

“This is part of building a professional relationship and is part of everyday life. But supervisors should also keep the proper distance, which in this case did not happen.”

Police say the breakout was professionally planned and the two fugitives may already have left the country after escaping from Limmattal jail.

They say that evidence so far indicates that the two had driven off in a black BMW X1 and were headed to Italy.

Kiko had been serving three years’ jail for raping a 15-year-old girl.

He claimed asylum in Switzerland in 2010. He claimed he had fled Syria after being imprisoned by Bashar al-Assad.

This story was originally published in The Sun and is republished with permission.