Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a man who escaped from officers while at a hospital in Wolverhampton on Monday (2 November).
Phil Purcell, 32, has links to the city and is wanted in connection with the incident.
Members of the public are advised not to approach him. Anyone who sees him should call 999 immediately, quoting log 4356 of 31/10/26.
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