Police hunt for prisoner after escape from London hospital

Police have launched a seek for an escaped prisoner who absconded from a London hospital after being taken unwell from Wormwood Scrubs jail.

Scotland Yard is “working to seek out” Graham Gomm, 63, who’s believed to have escaped from Hammersmith hospital within the early hours of Thursday morning.

Gomm had been on remand for housebreaking offences on the class B males’s jail within the west of the capital.

The Metropolitan police have been alerted at 1.18am on Thursday that Gomm had absconded. He was final seen sporting a gray T-shirt and gray tracksuit, and isn’t believed to be a risk to the general public.

“Detectives are additionally involved for Gomm’s welfare as he was present process medical care earlier than he escaped. There’s nothing to recommend that Gomm is a risk to the general public,” police mentioned.

A Jail Service spokesperson mentioned. “We’re urgently working with the Metropolitan police to recapture this prisoner and investigating how he was in a position to escape from hospital.”

It’s understood that cops are finishing up searches, CCTV inquiries and have visited quite a lot of addresses related to Gomm. The general public have been warned to not method him however to name 999.