Rapist in hospital escape found

Barrington Gordon went missing from Springfield Hospital on Saturday

A convicted rapist who went missing from a psychiatric hospital in London has been found, police have said.

Barrington Gordon escaped from Springfield Hospital in Tooting - the same institution from which killer Paul Caesar went missing last month.

Gordon, 41, was reported missing at about 1745 GMT on Saturday and was found 12 hours later.

Caesar died when he was hit by a train at Balham railway station just hours after absconding on 17 February.

Previous escapes

His escape came after a series of other serious security breaches at the hospital.

In 2003 Nurse Mamade Chattun was beaten to death by Jason Cann in the hospital lobby. He had been sectioned under the mental health act the day before the killing.

Paranoid schizophrenic John Barrett left the hospital in September 2004 after being given permission to walk around the grounds unattended.

He bought a set of kitchen knives and the next day fatally stabbed Denis Finnegan after ambushing him as he cycled through Richmond Park.

In February 2006 former patient Sean Perry killed fitness instructor Matthew Carter in a random attack.