Dramatic moment double murderer with distinctive arm tattoos is arrested in a singlet after breaking off his tracking device and going on the run
- Double murderer arrested 24 hours after allegedly removing his tracking device
- Damien Peters, 50, was last seen 4.15pm on Sunday at a Randwick hospital
- Dramatic footage captured Peters' arrest in Sydney's inner-west on Monday
- Peters was jailed for 21 years for murdering and dismembering two men in 2001
Dramatic police footage has captured the arrest of a double murderer who was on the run for 24 hours after he allegedly cut off his ankle bracelet and skipped parole.
Damien Anthony Peters, 50, was last seen at Randwick's Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney's eastern suburbs at around 4.15pm on Sunday.
NSW Police launched a manhunt after they allegedly found his monitoring device four hours later in nearby Kensington.
Dressed in a singlet, pants and wearing headphones, Peters was arrested in Petersham in Sydney's inner-west shortly before 5pm on Monday.
The dramatic moment Damien Peters was arrested in Petersham on Monday afternoon
'Police from the Surry Hills and Redfern Region Enforcement Squads, Operation Odin and the dog unit moved in to effect the arrest in Church Street, Petersham, without incident,' a NSW Police statement read.
Peters was taken to the Newtown Police Station, where inquiries are continuing.
Earlier in the day, Detective Superintendent Rohan Cramsie told reporters: 'It would appear as though the ankle monitoring bracelet has been forcibly removed, possibly cut.'
Damien Anthony Peters, 50, allegedly removed his tracking device while out on parole in NSW
The double murderer was allegedly on the run for 24 hours before he was arrested by police
Peters pleaded guilty to murdering and dismembering two of his male lovers in his Surry Hills flat in 2001 and was jailed for 21 years, with a non-parole period of 13 years, in 2002.
The court heard Peters, then 32, had stabbed Tereaupii Akai, 50, twice in the neck before cutting up his body and throwing it in a council bin.
About eight months later, Peters stabbed 57-year-old Bevan James Frost to death while giving him a massage in bed before cutting up his body.
Detectives investigating Mr Akai's disappearance found Mr Frost's remains in the bath in Peters' flat.
Damien Peters (pictured) was taken to Newtown Police Station, where inquiries are continuing
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