{"id":812778,"date":"2026-10-24T21:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812778\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T21:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T21:10:16","slug":"manhunt-under-way-to-find-prisoner-who-absconded-from-medical-facility-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/812778\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhunt under way to find prisoner who absconded from medical facility | UK news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A manhunt is under way to locate a prisoner who police say \u201cposes a risk both to himself and the public\u201d after he absconded from a medical facility in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/london\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Anthony Lloyd forced his way out of a health unit in Lewisham, in south-east London, shortly after 4pm on Friday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/metropolitan-police\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metropolitan police<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The force warned the public not to approach Lloyd, but instead to contact 999 if he is spotted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Lloyd was seen heading in the direction of Catford, police said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Lloyd was convicted in 2025 of actual bodily harm, according to the Press Association, relating to an incident in Nottinghamshire involving three emergency services workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">He received a 12-month custodial sentence and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2026\/oct\/13\/second-wave-early-prison-releases-overcrowding-england-wales\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sent to prison<\/a>. In September he was transferred to the medical facility in Lewisham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The 38-year-old is white and about 5ft 8in, of medium build with short dark hair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">He was wearing a grey-blue T-shirt, black tracksuit bottoms and white trainers when last seen at about 4.10pm on Friday, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Det supt Melanie Pressley, who is leading the manhunt, said: \u201cWe are conducting various significant inquiries to find Lloyd and return him to custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe are concerned he poses a risk both to himself and the public, and would urge anyone who sees him to call 999 immediately. Do not approach him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cIf you have any information \u2013 however small \u2013 that could help us locate Lloyd, please get in touch with police as a matter of urgency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Officers believe Lloyd could be anywhere in the capital. He also has links to Surrey, Sussex, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Anyone with information is asked to call 999, quoting the reference CAD4739\/23Oct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A manhunt is under way to locate a prisoner who police say \u201cposes a risk both to himself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-812778","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\/812778","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=812778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}