Missing secure hospital convict Peter Atkins found in Royston

Peter Atkins did not return to the hospital in Bassingbourn after taking a trip to Tesco

A killer who went missing from a secure hospital after being allowed to take a shopping trip has been found.

Peter Atkins, 66, who has paranoid schizophrenia, failed to return to Kneesworth House Hospital in Cambridgeshire on Thursday.

Atkins, who was convicted of killing his son-in-law in Cardiff in 2001, had been allowed to go to Tesco in Royston but did come back.

Police said he was found in the Hertfordshire town at about 08:00 BST.