Secure hospital escapees arrested

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Two psychiatric patients who escaped from a secure hospital have been recaptured.

Jason Lord, 23, from Devon, and 35-year-old Terry Powell, from Cornwall, absconded from Langdon Hospital in Dawlish on Tuesday night.

Lord, a paranoid schizophrenic who tried to stab a police officer, had been detained indefinitely last year under the Mental Health Act.

Police said the men were arrested 90 miles away in Newlyn, Cornwall.

Both are being held in custody at Camborne police station.

Samurai sword

Lord's attack on Pc John Croft in a custody suite at Exeter's Heavitree Road police station was caught on CCTV.

He was made the subject of a section 37 order under the Mental Health Act with a section 41 order, detaining him without limit as to time at Exeter Crown Court in August 2007.

In court, Judge Graham Cottle described Lord's attack as "potentially murderous".

Lord, who has a history of drug abuse, had been arrested after he was knocked down during a cycle race in Paignton and police officers who went to his aid found a samurai sword.

Langdon Hospital is a secure unit which is run by Devon Partnership NHS Trust.

An investigation into the escape is being carried out.