Prisoner hacks off his ear... and is sprung from ambulance by armed squad on approach to sanatorium

ppO"Donnell was watchful to be condemned for swindling to rob and dedicate burglary.br/ppAssistant Chief Constable Ian Hopkins appealed to the open for assistance in anticipating him.br/ppHe said: "Officers from the vital situation team, who usuallyinvestigate murders, are operative turn the time right away following up anumber of lines of exploration to try and find Michael O"Donnell, but weneed your assistance in anticipating him./pp"This was a terrifying conflict on an ambulance and, though nobody wasphysically harmed, it positively left the people who were seeking afterO"Donnell at that time feeling understandably frightened.br/pdiv class="clear" /divdiv class="thinCenter"img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/03/article-1270987-096846DC000005DC-579_468x294.jpg" width="468" height="294" alt="The ambulance transporting O"Donnell from Forest Bank jail to sanatorium was intercepted by an armed squad in the early hours of yesterday morning" class="blkBorder" />

The ambulance transporting O"Donnell from Forest Bank jail to sanatorium was intercepted by an armed squad in the early hours of yesterday morning

"O"Donnell had been warned by a decider that he was confronting a longprison sentence. He needs to be held and put behind where he belongs."

Police pronounced the open should not proceed O"Donnell, who is white, 6ft and has short, satisfactory hair.

He has links to Stockport and south Manchester, and presumably the travelling community.