Joshua Thompson found and detained under the mental health act
Date published: 03 January 2013
Joshua Thompson
A missing mental health patient wanted in connection with a sexual assault in Greater Manchester has been found, police confirmed.
Joshua Thompson, 22, went missing from Prestwich Hospital, where he was admitted as a patient, on 27 December.
Police said they wanted to speak to him about an assault on a 19-year-old woman at a flat on Milnrow Road, Rochdale, later on 27 December.
He has been detained under the mental health act, officers said.
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