Overview
- The 36-year-old broke free about 9:30pm Thursday while being escorted to a police vehicle at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woodville South.
- He was last seen in a blue medical gown with front handcuffs; police describe him as of Aboriginal appearance, about 170cm and 60kg with short black hair and stubble.
- A large search involving Polair aircraft, Dog Operations and local patrols is focused on Woodville and nearby suburbs.
- Earlier that day, officers alleged he charged them with a hammer at an Inverarity Place property after refusing to stop for riding a bicycle without a helmet in Glenelg North.
- He had been charged with assaulting a prescribed emergency worker, carrying offensive and prohibited weapons and resisting police, and the public is urged to report sightings to 131 444 or 000, with warnings that assisting him may be an offence.