Escaped prisoner back in custody after fleeing during hospital visit --[Reported by Umva mag]

A prisoner who escaped while being escorted at a hospital in Greater Manchester has been found and is back in custody, police said.

On Monday, Greater Manchester Police appealed for the public’s help to trace Jonathan Windsor, 31, who they said ‘escaped lawful custody while being escorted by prison staff’.

A statement posted on a force Facebook page said Windsor was known to have links across the North West, including south Manchester.

Members of the public were urged not to approach him but to contact police if they saw him.

Officers were reported to be carrying out enquiries around Salford Royal Hospital on Monday afternoon.

But on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the force said the HMP Forest Bank prisoner had been found.

The spokesman said: ‘He was found overnight and is now back in custody.’

Windsor is known to have links across the North West and south Manchester.

Greater Manchester Police told the public not to approach him if spotted and report any sightings immediately.

One resident living near the hospital said they heard a helicopter at about 1pm circling above, but ‘thought nothing of it’ at first.

They alleged a neighbour told them police had knocked on doors and warned that a prisoner had escaped from the hospital ‘in a grey top and handcuffs,’ the outlet reports.

The resident said: ‘We hear things all the time with the hospital being on the doorstep and the motorway nearby.

‘It was only when I went outside at about 2.45 and a neighbour said the police had spoken to them and asked them if they had seen anything, as a prisoner had escaped wearing a grey top and still in handcuffs.

‘There were police cars and motorbikes everywhere and they were checking all the roads near Wilton Road and then checking the field at De La Salle.

‘They were walking round the back of the building on the playing fields obviously looking for him. It’s gone quieter now but we’ve not been told if the prisoner has been found or not.’

Officers were seen searching the Sale Water Park around 10 miles southeast of the hospital in Manchester. It borders a large wooded area and a nature reserve along the River Mersey.

A spokesperson from HMP Forest Bank said: ‘We are aware of an incident involving an HMP Forest Bank prisoner who was under escort at a local hospital.

‘We are working closely with Greater Manchester Police and cannot comment further at this time.’

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