Escaped prisoner found
11:39am Sunday 11th May 2008
A PRISONER who escaped while receiving medical treatment at hospital has been found.
According to Northumbria Police, Scott Trevor King, 27, was found at 10pm on Saturday at a residential address in Sunderland.
He escaped on Friday while receiving treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead after being detained at Washington Police station.
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