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Two others charged over Tas escapee death

The body of Nicholas Aaron Scott was discovered outside a home in the Hobart suburb of Granton. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Two more men have been charged over the alleged murder of an escaped prisoner found outside a Hobart home after an apparent shooting.

The body of Nicholas Aaron Scott was discovered in the early hours of January 3 in the northern suburb of Granton following reports of a gunshot.

The 26-year-old had escaped custody several hours earlier while being treated at the Royal Hobart Hospital.

Tasmania Police last week charged 20-year-old Granton man Brock Callum Davey with murder.

Another two men, a 44-year-old from Moonah and 21-year-old from Collinsvale, have since been charged with murder and will face court on Tuesday.

A police investigation into how Scott escaped custody at the hospital remains ongoing and the Tasmanian Prison Service is conducting a separate probe.

Scott borrowed a phone from an unwitting member of the public at a restaurant after leaving the hospital, police said.

He had a lengthy criminal history and was sentenced to jail for three-and-a-half years in February 2021, backdated to 2020, on seven offences including aggravated burglary.

Scott was granted parole later that year, and it is unclear how he ended up back in custody.

The sentencing judge noted he had an "extensive history" of offending but was no longer drug dependent and was motivated to recreate a relationship with his son.

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