Man absconds from Lewisham Hospital, prompting police search
London police are searching for Daniel Boakye, who absconded from Lewisham Hospital. Boakye had been admitted as a patient just days after being found following a previous escape from custody.
- Daniel Boakye, 21, is a drill rapper who performs under the name dsavv. - He was serving a six-year and five-month sentence, handed down in July 2023, for his part in a series of knifepoint robberies. - The gang he was a part of stole mobile phones and forced victims to transfer £115,000 of cryptocurrency by threatening them with knives. - His escape from Lewisham Hospital on Sunday, February 15th, was his second escape from custody in less than a week; he had previously absconded from West Middlesex University Hospital on February 10th before being recaptured the next day. - Following his first escape, four people—two women aged 20 and 51, a 17-year-old girl, and a 30-year-old man—were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and have been released on bail. - Boakye was scheduled to be deported to Ghana. - After his second escape, a video was reportedly posted to his Instagram account showing him rapping and taunting the police. - The Metropolitan Police's Directorate of Professional Standards is reviewing the circumstances of his latest escape from Lewisham Hospital.
