A killer who absconded from a secure hospital in west London has been found and returned to the facility, police have said.

The public had been warned not to approach “violent” Mosa Jamal Abid, who fatally stabbed his cousin, Moamen Settar in 2016.

Abid was on escorted leave – where a patient is accompanied by a member of staff from a hospital – at a newsagents in Uxbridge Road at about 3pm on 10 April when police say he ran off.

Officers finally located him following a call from a member of the public who spotted him in the Northolt area at 10am on Saturday.

Abid was sentenced under the Mental Health Act in 2018, two years after the fatal stabbing, pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

It is not the first time Abid has absconded, fleeing Homerton Hospital in Hackney, east London, in October 2019, Metropolitan Police said.

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Family appealed directly to Abid

Ealing Police tweeted on Saturday afternoon: “Pleased to confirm that Mosa Abid, 26, who had absconded while on hospital leave in #Ealing on 10 Apr has been located – he has been returned to hospital.

“Thanks for all your RTs and help in publicising this appeal.”

In a statement released via the Met, Abid’s family had appealed directly to him, saying: “Mosa – if you are reading this then please do the right thing and return to hospital so you can get the care and support you need.

“Every day that goes by and we don’t know you are safe and well is heartbreaking to us.”

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