An escaped prisoner who was being hunted by police after allegedly assaulting a woman was caught by officers yesterday.
Richard Hunt, 29, was found near Eynsham shortly after 11am yesterday and was being questioned in police custody last night on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm.
He is alleged to have assaulted a woman in a charity shop in Headington, where he was working while on day release, by slashing her hands with a razor on Wednesday. Hunt was on day release from Spring Hill Prison near Bicester.
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