Is It True That If He Can Evade Capture For A Certain Length Of Time He Can't Be Re-Arrested?

sandyRoe | 22:36 Wed 02nd Jan 2013 | ChatterBank

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http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/killer-on-run-from-secure-hospital

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rockyracoon

I bloody hope not. Didn't work for Ronnie Biggs.

sandyRoe

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He's detained under the Mental Health act. Biggs was convicted and then escaped from prison.

askyourgran

No-one should be exempt from re-capture however long it takes especially from a secure hospital, hope to goodness it isn't around here.

potterfan3

Well if can evade capture indefinitely he can't be arrested

rockyracoon

Ah, was he not convicted first then? Or doesn't that matter.

starone

That is terrible. And a medium security hospital for a mentally deranged killer! I find that deplorable.

Barmaid

He was convicted - of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. I assume he was given a Hospital Order of an indeterminate length. He can be re-arrested.

ChillDoubt

Why would anyone think that if he evades capture for a certain length of time he can't be detained again?

This isn't a game of hide and seek!

sandyRoe

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He's been caught now.
I think there was a time when if someone escaped from an asylum and managed to stay free for a while they weren't rearrested. I suppose it was thought if they could manage outside the asylum then they didn't need to be returned to it.