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Escaped murder suspect caught Escaped murder suspect captured
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Police have arrested an escaped murder suspect who fled Springfield Hospital in southwest London on Tuesday evening.Police have arrested an escaped murder suspect who fled Springfield Hospital in southwest London on Tuesday evening.
John Claydon, 28, was arrested by Metropolitan Police on Hampton Road in Twickenham.John Claydon, 28, was arrested by Metropolitan Police on Hampton Road in Twickenham.
Mr Claydon was undergoing a psychiatric assessment at the hospital when he escaped along with another suspect, 44-year-old John Slavin. Mr Claydon was undergoing a psychiatric assessment in the hospital's mental unit when he escaped along with another suspect, 44-year-old John Slavin.
Mr Slavin remains at large, police say. Hospital officials say the two men had outside help with their escape.Mr Slavin remains at large, police say. Hospital officials say the two men had outside help with their escape.
Mr Claydon is awaiting trial for the murder of Ben Foster, 22, in Bath in April.
Previous escapes
Mr Slavin is 6ft 3in (1.97m) of thin build with a goatee beard. He was wearing a black jumper, black coat, blue jeans and a black beanie hat when he escaped.
Police say he is from Bristol, but is also known to frequent Aberdeen.
The hospital, part of the South West London and St George's NHS Trust, has been at the centre of controversy over previous escapes.
The institution was criticised after one of its patients, John Barrett, killed a cyclist in Richmond Park in September 2004.
The paranoid schizophrenic stabbed retired banker Denis Finnegan, 50, after walking out of the hospital grounds.