Dramatic moment double murderer with distinctive arm tattoos is arrested in a singlet after breaking off his tracking device and going on the run
- A double murderer caught 24 hours after he removed his tracking device
- Damien Peters, 50, was last seen 4.15pm on Sunday at a Randwick hospital
- Peters was jailed for 21 years for murdering and dismembering two men in 2001
Dramatic footage has captured the arrest of a double murderer who was on the run for 24 hours after he allegedly cut off his ankle bracelet and skipped parole.
Damien Anthony Peters, 50, was transported from his parole accommodation to Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney’s east on Sunday afternoon after other residents became concerned for his welfare.
After being treated at the hospital he was free to leave but at some point his ankle monitor was removed, NSW Police alleged.
A police manhunt ensued and Peters was arrested in Petersham in Sydney’s inner-west before 5pm on Monday.
Double murderer Damien Anthony Peters, 50, is on the run after he removed his tracking device while out on parole in NSW
Peters was taken to the Newtown Police Station, where inquiries are continuing.
Earlier in the day, Detective Superintendent Rohan Cramsie told reporters: ‘It would appear as though the ankle monitoring bracelet has been forcibly removed, possibly cut.’
Peters was last seen at Randwick’s Prince of Wales Hospital about 4.15pm on Sunday. Police found his monitoring device just over four hours later in nearby Kensington.
Peters pleaded guilty to murdering and dismembering two of his male lovers in his Surry Hills flat in 2001 and was jailed for 21 years, with a non-parole period of 13 years, in 2002.
The court heard Peters, then 32, had stabbed Tereaupii Akai, 50, twice in the neck before cutting up his body and throwing it in a council bin.
About eight months later, Peters stabbed 57-year-old Bevan James Frost to death while giving him a massage in bed before cutting up his body.
Detectives investigating Mr Akai’s disappearance found Mr Frost’s remains in the bath in Peters’ flat.
NSW Police are looking for Damien Peters after he forcibly removed his tracking device