A man who breached his day bail a second time has surrendered himself to police after being unlawfully at large for 15 days.
Guy Pearson Roberts, 42, was released from the Alexander Maconochie Centre November 25 to attend his mother's funeral in western Sydney.
Associate Justice Verity McWilliam approved Roberts' day bail on the condition he surrendered himself to the ACT Supreme Court no later than 4.30pm on November 25.
Roberts did not return and a warrant was placed for his arrest.
On Saturday, police from operation targeting of recidivism in Canberra, traced Roberts to a residence in Pearce where they engaged with the escapee.
Following negotiations with police, Roberts surrendered himself to the officers.
This is the second time Roberts failed to return to prison as he was granted day bail in August for his sister's funeral, as he has been behind bars on remand awaiting sentencing.
The prisoner's late return put him in breach of bail which meant ACT police had to deal with it instead of ACT Corrective Services.
Before police arrived, the Lyons man had disappeared.
It took officers three weeks to track him to a home in Pearce, where police say he barricaded himself in a bedroom, claiming to be armed, before surrendering after "a short negotiation".
Roberts will return to court at a later date.
