A man, who escaped from Muswellbrook Local Court was found by police having a shower in a nearby hotel.
47-year-old Matthew Campbell from Scone was arrested early yesterday morning over a series of break-in’s on local businesses in the town over the last several weeks.
He fled the court shortly after being refused bail by Magistrate Kevin Hockey.
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Chief Inspector Guy Gianna told the Hunter Valley Newsroom, he was cornered inside the Royal Hotel after the area was swamped with police.