Pentonville Prison escapee James Anthony Whitlock arrested in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 November 2016 at 10:40

James Anthony Whitlock. Photograph: Metropolitan Police

Police have caught the second Pentonville Prison escapee in Hackney, Scotland Yard has announced.

James Anthony Whitlock, 31, was arrested at an address in Shepherds Lane, Homerton, yesterday at around 4.30pm.

A 48-year-old man and a 19-year-old man were also arrested at the address on suspicion of assisting an offender.

All three have been taken to a north London police station, where they remain in custody.

Whitlock and another prisoner, Matthew Baker, escaped from Pentonville on 6 November.

Baker was found at an address in Ilford on 9 November.