POLICE searching for an escaped prisoner have this morning arrested a man.

Thames Valley Police officers who have been searching for Richard Hunt arrested a suspect in the Eynsham area shortly after 11am today.

He is in custody at St Aldate's police station.

Hunt, 29, is a day release prisoner from HMP Spring Hill who is believed to have assaulted a woman in a charity shop in Headington on Wednesday by slashing her hands with a razor.