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General · 17 February 2026

Police hunt prisoner who escaped hospital for second time

Police hunt prisoner who escaped hospital for second time

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Police have launched a manhunt for a dangerous prisoner who escaped from custody at a south London hospital. Daniel Boakye, a twenty-one-year-old gang member serving a sentence for armed robbery, fled Lewisham Hospital on Sunday afternoon. This incident marks his second escape in a single week, having previously absconded from a different facility days earlier. Officers are currently searching for the convict, who is reportedly awaiting deportation to Ghana following his prison term.

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