Remand prisoner found after more than a week on the run

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Source: Radio New Zealand

Mt Eden Corrections Facility (file image). RNZ/Calvin Samuel

A man on the run for more than a week has been found and charged with escaping custody.

The 42-year-old Mt Eden remand prisoner, who was in handcuffs, got free during a hospital escort on 7 November.

He has now been arrested and will appear in the North Shore District Court on Monday.

The Department of Corrections earlier said that any escape is unacceptable.

A review is underway.

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