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Police are searching for a convict who bolted from his own mother’s funeral in Port Alberni.

David Blackmore was serving time at Nanaimo Correctional Centre and gave guards the slip after being allowed to attend the funeral, Wednesday.

Blackmore fled out the back door during the service.

He is described as Caucasian, 45, six feet tall and 161 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a goatee and several tattoos.

– with files from CTV Vancouver Island