Kwami Richards fought with a police officer at Brixton tube station earlier than escaping (Image:Twitter/ PA)
That is the second an escaped prisoner grappled with a police officer at an underground station earlier than fleeing the scene on a practice.
Kwami Richards, 42, went on the run after escaping from a police van in Brixton, south London at 2pm on Friday.
The fugitive was being recalled to jail for breaching his licence situations after serving a sentence for housebreaking.
However after escaping from the van, Richards fled into a close-by tube station, the place he received right into a battle with an officer pursuing him.
Footage taken inside a tube carriage at Brixton underground station exhibits a plain-clothed police officer grabbing maintain of Richards’ left wrist.
However the fugitive responds by punching the officer sq. within the face, inflicting passengers to gasp as he continues his assault upon his pursuer.
After wildly swinging, Richards then flees down the Tube platform, chased by the suspected officer earlier than making his escape.
Richards boarded a practice on the Victoria Line, and is alleged to have hyperlinks to Wandsworth in South London.
The general public is being urged to not method Richards if he’s seen and is as an alternative requested to name 999.
The drive is at present investigating how Richards managed to flee the van.
A police spokesman stated: ‘Officers are interesting for details about the whereabouts of a person who escaped from custody in south London.
Richards grappled with the plain-clothes officer earlier than punching him within the face (Image: Twitter/ @TheLocalC**t)
He then slipped freed from his assailant and escaped on the tube (Image:Twitter / @TheLocalC**t)
‘Kwami Richards escaped from a jail transport van exterior Brixton police station at roughly 2pm on Friday Might 26.
‘The 42-year-old, who has hyperlinks to Wandsworth, was wished on recall to jail for beaching his licence situations after serving a sentence for housebreaking.
‘He had been arrested by Met officers and was within the means of being transported to jail by a personal safety firm when the incident occurred.
‘He was pursued by a police officer who witnessed the incident into Brixton Underground station.
The fugitive escaped from police custody on Friday afternoon (Image: PA)
‘The officer was assaulted as he tried to detain Richards who then boarded a Victoria line practice.
‘Richards shouldn’t be approached, and the general public are requested to name 999 instantly if he’s seen.
‘If in case you have any details about his whereabouts, please name 101 or tweet @MetCC quoting CAD 4140/26May.
‘You may also present data anonymously to the impartial charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.’
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