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| Police recapture escaped killer | |
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| A convicted murderer who escaped from prison guards during a hospital visit has been recaptured. | A convicted murderer who escaped from prison guards during a hospital visit has been recaptured. |
| George McGeoch threatened security staff and disappeared from Perth Royal Infirmary on Tuesday afternoon. | George McGeoch threatened security staff and disappeared from Perth Royal Infirmary on Tuesday afternoon. |
| Tayside Police said the 36-year-old had been arrested after being spotted by a police patrol at 0730 GMT in Perth. | |
| McGeoch, who is serving a life sentence for offences including murder and abduction, had been attending a planned appointment when he escaped. | |
| The Scottish Prison Service said it had launched an investigation into the escape. | |
| Police described the arrest as "pretty smooth", given the high-risk nature of the prisoner. | |
| The urgent inquiry into his escape must answer such questions as whether he was handcuffed and if not, why not Bill AitkenConservative justice spokesman | |
| Insp Alistair Black said McGeoch, from Glasgow, had been spotted at the junction of Dunkeld Road and Gowans Terrace. | |
| "He was coming up to the junction and the police patrol sighted him. Basically, they challenged him and he was arrested." | |
| A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal. | |
| McGeoch was jailed for life at the High Court in Inverness in April 1999 for murdering Eric Innes, 61. He was sentenced to a minimum of 13 years. | |
| Roseanna Cunningham, SNP MSP for Perth, called for an investigation to "ensure that something of this nature does not happen again". | |
| Conservative justice spokesman Bill Aitken said: "The public will wonder how it is physically possible for such escapes to happen and how easily lives can be put at risk. | |
| "The urgent inquiry into his escape must answer such questions as whether he was handcuffed and, if not, why not?" |