Vic: Prisoner escapes from secure hospital

AAP General News (Australia)
04-03-2009
Vic: Prisoner escapes from secure hospital

A dangerous prisoner serving time for attempted murder is on the run .. after escaping
from a high security hospital in Melbourne.

Police have launched a manhunt for PETER EVANS who escaped on Wednesday during a medical
appointment at the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg .. in Melbourne's north-east.

The 42 year old's been a patient at the Thomas Embling prison psychiatric hospital
at Fairfield since 1998 .. serving a 25-year sentence for attempted murder.

Police say EVANS was last seen wearing a grey singlet with a Puma logo on the chest
.. board shorts and grey runners.

However police believe he's now changed his outfit at a second-hand clothing store.

AAP RTV gr/sjm/af

KEYWORD: EVANS (MELBOURNE)

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