A man is back behind bars after being found hiding in a Premier Inn hotel while on the run.
A manhunt was launched to find Gavin Phythian, 31, of no fixed address, when he failed to return to HMP Thorn Cross in Warrington on June 21 last year. Weeks later, he was spotted by officers travelling in a blue VW Golf on July 22, in Ashton-under-Lyne.
Driver Anton Verigotta, of Hardman Street, Failsworth, then started driving dangerously through the city centre when he noticed the officers. After a police chase, the car was brought to a stop and Phythian and Verigotta ran from the car.
