Police hunt: Paul Williams, 48
Alexandra Rucki1 December 2014
A psychiatric patient who attacked hospital workers and stole a car after absconding from a mental health unit in south London has been arrested.
Paul Williams, 48, fled from Oxleas House, in Stadium Road, Woolwich, after assaulting two members of staff on Friday morning.
A short time later he assaulted the driver of a car in the same road, stole the vehicle and carried out a burglary at an address in Caldwell Close, Woolwich.
The car driver and the burglary victim did not require hospital treatment, police said.
Escape: Williams fled from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich (Picture: Google Streetview)
Police have since recovered the car after it was found abandoned.
Scotland Yard said he was arrested in Clapham at 11:48am on Monday on suspicion of aggravated burglary and robbery.
