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A Russian man accused of murdering his sister tried to escape from a Moscow courtroom by crawling into the ceiling.

Video shows 18-year-old Leonid Greyser vaulting from a bulletproof enclosure into the panelled ceiling. Three bailiffs clamber after him.

“I’m holding him!” yells one female bailiff who has grabbed on to Greyser’s legs, as another officer joins her. Greyser, dressed in a tracksuit, loses his trainers during the escape attempt.

Eventually, a balliff wielding a Taser retrieves Greyser from the ceiling as he repeatedly yells “help me”.

The video, which has gone viral, was uploaded to Lifenews, a Russian tabloid website that often pays a bounty for its footage. It is not clear who uploaded the video.

Greyser is accused of fatally stabbing his sister, possibly while under the influence of powerful synthetic drugs reportedly found at the scene.

Courtroom enclosures, known as aquariums because they resemble fish tanks, have become controversial in Russia in recent years and there have been campaigns to ban them.