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Police have confirmed that Anthony Ferrie who escaped from a G4S security van after a hospital appointment has been arrested in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.

Ferrie had been to St John’s Hospital in Livingston  on Thursday August 4.

A statement from Police Scotland said: “Police Scotland can confirm that Anthony Ferrie has been arrested after making off from St John’s Hospital in Livingston on Thursday, August 4.

“The 33-year-old will appear at Livingston Sheriff Court on Wednesday.

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.