{"id":696021,"date":"2026-07-17T04:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696021\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:07:10","slug":"urgent-manhunt-underway-after-high-risk-prisoner-escapes-from-manchester-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696021\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent manhunt underway after &#8216;high-risk&#8217; prisoner escapes from Manchester hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Ann O&#8217;Connor reports as police warn the public to be &#8220;vigilant&#8221; as they try to trace &#8220;dangerous&#8221; prisoner Marwan Jumaa, who has escaped custody. <\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">An urgent manhunt is underway for a &#8220;high risk&#8221; prisoner considered a &#8220;serious danger to women&#8221; who escaped custody while being treated at a hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Marwan Jumaa, who is currently serving a sentence for assaulting two women, absconded after being transferred from a secure hospital facility to <a class=\"qNUzV q7LZa\" data-testid=\"next-link-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/topic\/north-manchester-nhs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Manchester Hospital<\/a> for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\"><a class=\"qNUzV q7LZa\" data-testid=\"next-link-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/granada\/topic\/greater-manchester-police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greater Manchester Police<\/a> have warned the public that the 20-year-old man is deemed to be a risk to both himself and others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">CCTV shows wanted prisoner Marwan Jumaa leaving North Manchester General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">&#8220;I believe the male is a dangerous individual,&#8221; Detective Superintendent Amber Waywell said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">&#8220;Both of his victims were females who sustained serious injuries, as well as the officer who apprehended him. He is a risk to the public and I do believe he is a dangerous man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">She added: &#8220;We urge all women to be vigilant and other members of the public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Detective Inspector Waywell said the force currently has no lines of enquiry, but officers are using a number of &#8220;covert tactics&#8221; to find him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Jumaa is black, of skinny build with short, dark hair, and approximately 5ft 10 inches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">He is known to have connections in several parts of the country including Bury, Prestwich, Crumpsall, Leeds and London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">Members of the public are strictly advised not to approach Jumaa if they spot him and instead told to call 999 immediately. <\/p>\n<p>Marwan Jumaa escaped after being transferred from a secure hospital facility to North Manchester Hospital for medical treatment. Credit: Greater Manchester Police <\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">She added: &#8220;The last sighting of him was on Tuesday, 14 July, in the Radcliffe area at around 8pm and that is where we are centring our resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">&#8220;Police are here to help and if you do sight him, please do not approach him and call 999.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"A8Lwr BVYCX\">To share information or intelligence, call 101 to speak with Greater Manchester Police or, to remain anonymous, callers can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ann O&#8217;Connor reports as police warn the public to be &#8220;vigilant&#8221; as they try to trace &#8220;dangerous&#8221; prisoner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-696021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}