An urgent hunt has been launched following a number of arson attacks after a mentally-ill teenager escaped from a secure psychiatric hospital.
Johnny Brady, 19, escaped from St Andrew's facility yesterday (December 31) where he was serving a hospital order following convictions relating to serious arson offences, having burned down a number of schools and churches in Derby.
Northamptonshire police said Brady absconded from the Billing Road facility grounds at about 3.30pm yesterday and there have been no confirmed sightings of Brady in the last 24 hours.