Article: Two violent prisoners escape while out on hospital visits

TWO convicted murderers were being hunted by police last night after they gave officers the slip in separate escapes in 24 hours while receiving treatment at hospital, writes Ian MacKinnon.

Peter Heneghan, 32, whom police described as extremely violent, was being treated at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, yesterday when he slipped his handcuffs and made off, evading two accompanying prison officers.

The escape followed a similar pattern to that of Anthony Watson, 31, who fled from Dryburn hospital in Durham on Monday evening after being taken there from the city's Frankland jail where he had feigned appendicitis. Police warned ...

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