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| Killer Phillip Whiteman caught after Newcastle hospital escape | Killer Phillip Whiteman caught after Newcastle hospital escape |
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| A convicted killer who escaped from a secure hospital in Newcastle has been re-captured. | A convicted killer who escaped from a secure hospital in Newcastle has been re-captured. |
| Phillip Whiteman, 44, detained under the Mental Health Act, fled St Nicholas Hospital, a medium-security unit, in Gosforth. | Phillip Whiteman, 44, detained under the Mental Health Act, fled St Nicholas Hospital, a medium-security unit, in Gosforth. |
| He was being escorted in the hospital when he asked to go to the toilets from where he escaped, at about 10:20 GMT. | He was being escorted in the hospital when he asked to go to the toilets from where he escaped, at about 10:20 GMT. |
| Whiteman, who killed a fellow patient at a hospital in Merseyside, was later detained in Newcastle. | |
| The 44-year-old from Newcastle, who was previously known as Phillip Westwater, was located after a member of the public recognised him from a circulated photograph, Northumbria Police said. | The 44-year-old from Newcastle, who was previously known as Phillip Westwater, was located after a member of the public recognised him from a circulated photograph, Northumbria Police said. |
| Strangled inmate | Strangled inmate |
| "The missing man has been located safe and well in the Newcastle area," a spokeswoman said. | "The missing man has been located safe and well in the Newcastle area," a spokeswoman said. |
| "Officers will be taking him back to the secure unit at St Nicholas's Hospital." | "Officers will be taking him back to the secure unit at St Nicholas's Hospital." |
| Detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act following a pub fight in 1989, Whiteman then strangled Derek Williams at Ashworth Hospital, Merseyside, with his dressing gown cord. | |
| He admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, having become convinced his victim had turned into a black dog. | He admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, having become convinced his victim had turned into a black dog. |
| Whiteman married a nurse while he was a patient at high-security Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire in 2008. | Whiteman married a nurse while he was a patient at high-security Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire in 2008. |
| Before being treated at Rampton, he had also been a patient at Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire. | Before being treated at Rampton, he had also been a patient at Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire. |