Overview
- Scotland Yard released a new CCTV image showing Daniel Boakye on a London bus wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a dark Nike jacket.
- Boakye, known as DSAVV, absconded from police custody at University Hospital Lewisham on February 15 after a prior escape on February 10 from West Middlesex University Hospital.
- The Metropolitan Police say they are actively searching for him and reviewing how the latest escape occurred, with the Directorate of Professional Standards aware.
- While at large, he uploaded new Instagram videos on February 21 that include the line “Catch me if you can” and references to being “fresh home.”
- The 21-year-old was sentenced in 2023 to six years and five months for knifepoint robberies that netted more than £115,000 in cryptocurrency, and the Home Office says his deportation to Ghana is being actively pursued.