A WANTED man is on the run in Colchester.
Police launched a large-scale hunt for 22-year-old Jordan Georgiou last night, after he escaped police custody while being treated for injuries at Colchester General Hospital.
Georgiou, from the Clacton area, fled the Turner Road hospital just before 5.50pm dressed in a hospital gown.
He is described as white, 5ft 6ins tall, with short brown hair.
Georgiou is also wanted on suspicion of criminal damage, assaulting a police constable, common assault and breach of a court order.
Anyone with information on his immediate whereabouts should contact police urgently on 999 while those with other information should call us on 101.
As part of the search for Georgiou three people have been arrestsed on suspicion of assisting an offender.
A 21-year-old woman, a 19-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man, all from Clacton, remain in police custody.
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UPDATED 10pm
IT is understood a police search is set to continue into the evening.
Two arrests have been made in connection with the search.
Handing over hunt for Jordan Georgiou, I expect to see him in the cells by the morning. Keep tweeting sightings please or 999, 2 in already. pic.twitter.com/GYTO3eSr3I
— Justin Smith (@CIJustinSmith) October 21, 2016
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POLICE are urgently trying to find missing Jordan Georgiou in Colchester.
A large scale search has been launched in the Cowdray Avenue area to find the missing man, who officers believe to be wearing a hospital gown.
Anyone who sees Mr Georgiou should call 999.
No one from Essex Police is available for official comment.
Staff + Helicopter currently searching #Colchester Cowdray Ave for Ryan Georgiou. He's wearing a hospital gown - sightings please to 999 pic.twitter.com/CE8lskaiyd
— Justin Smith (@CIJustinSmith) October 21, 2016
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