A prisoner who escaped custody of corrective services while at John Hunter Hospital has been caught in Kotara.
Police caught up with 35-year-old James Tozer just after 3 o’clock this afternoon at a shopping centre on Northcott Drive.
The man escaped custody earlier this afternoon, prompting a wide scale police operation involving Newcastle City Police District, Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, the Dog Unit and PolAir.
He has been taken to Newcastle Police Station where he is expected to be charged.
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