Prisoner charged with assault after alleged hospital escape

Prisoner charged with assault after alleged hospital escape
A prisoner has been charged after allegedly assaulting corrective providers officers and escaping from a Queensland hospital regardless of being handcuffed.

Barry Kenneth Bloomfield was arrested with out incident at a unit in Rockhampton about 12.50pm on Monday, two days after allegedly fleeing the Central Queensland metropolis’s hospital.

He was charged with two counts of great assault corrective providers officer and one rely every of escape lawful custody and critical assault of public officer performing perform.

Barry Kenneth Bloomfield escaped from custody while at Rockhampton Hospital.
Barry Kenneth Bloomfield escaped from custody whereas at Rockhampton Hospital. (Queensland Corrective Services)

Bloomfield is presently serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence for assault occasioning precise bodily hurt and is because of face courtroom on Tuesday on the brand new cost.

He is the second affected person to vanish from Rockhampton Hospital prior to now month.

In-patient Peter Roach, 80, walked out of the hospital late final month and has not been seen since.

Roach has a medical situation that may trigger confusion, and has been described as non-verbal.

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Source: www.9news.com.au