Police catch child rapist who escaped while on leave from psychiatric hospital

Police catch child rapist who escaped while on leave from psychiatric hospital Noora Mykkanen | Senior Live News reporter Published August 7, 2026 6:23pm Updated August 8, 2026 1:19pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A fugitive child rapist who escaped from prison staff while on escorted leave has been caught. Cliff Lyons Dobbie sparked an urgent manhunt when he absconded from Perth in Scotland on Friday. He was a restricted patient and has been detained since 1990 for the rape of a 10-year-old girl. That attack was carried out while he was on bail for sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy. Cliff Lyons Dobbie, who also goes by the name Clifford Lyons, has been locked up as a restricted patient since being convicted