Police search for man who escaped custody in Adelaide’s west

Police in Adelaide are searching for a man who escaped from custody overnight in handcuffs and wearing a medical gown.

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00:00The 36-year-old man had just been seen at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital here in Adelaide's

00:06western suburbs and had been escorted back into a police car when he managed to escape

00:11and flee on foot, still handcuffed and wearing a blue hospital gown.

00:16Now this all started yesterday morning at about 11.30 a.m. Police say they tried to stop a man

00:22riding a bike without a helmet. When he allegedly refused to stop, he entered a nearby property

00:27and police say when they approached him, he allegedly threatened them with a knife,

00:32charged at them and attempted to strike him. Police deployed pepper spray and subsequently

00:36arrested and charged the man with a number of offences including carrying weapons, resisting

00:42police and assaulting an emergency worker. Now police then took him to the QEH just behind me

00:49for a medical assessment. He was released at about 9.30 p.m. and police took him into that

00:55police car but somehow he managed to escape and is still on the run. The man was scheduled to appear

01:01in court today but instead a manhunt is underway in Adelaide's western suburbs with police searching

01:07for him from the skies and on the ground with the assistance of dogs. A member of the public

01:12spotted the man in the early hours of this morning in nearby Seaton but police have been unable to

01:18locate him. He's been described as about 170 centimetres tall, about 60 kilograms with short black hair

01:26and stubble. Police are asking members of the public if they do spot him not to approach him

01:31but instead to advise police of his location.