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A 21-year-old who knifed a homeless man to death as a 14-year-old has been found after escaping custody with a cast on his arm during a visit to a doctor.

Haami Hanara was found in Fernhill, Hastings, at 1.30pm on Monday after almost 48 hours on the run.

Hawke’s Bay Today can reveal Hanara, on remand at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison, was taken by Corrections staff to the Hastings Health Centre on Saturday afternoon but fled from the medical facility.

Police responded to a callout on St Aubyn St West about 1.40pm, a spokesman said.

There was nothing to suggest there had been wilful damage or an assault before Hanara escaped, the spokesman said.

Haami Hanara, 21, is a convicted killer who committed manslaughter at the age of 14.

Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison general manager George Massingham said public safety was top priority, and any escape was unacceptable.

“A remand prisoner from Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison absconded from Corrections staff while on a visit to a medical centre.

“An immediate review into how this incident occurred will be carried out.”

Police had warned that Hanara, who had his murder conviction quashed, should not be approached.

He was 168cm tall, of medium build, has a cast on his right arm, and is thought to be in the Flaxmere area, they’d said earlier.

Hanara was 14 when he knifed homeless man Kelly Donner to death. He was 19 when he was freed.

He was one of a group of youths who attacked Donner when he was sleeping rough in Flaxmere, Hastings, on the night of March 4, 2018.

Hanara was holding a knife and stabbed the 40-year-old man four times – in the upper chest, left shoulder and twice in the neck. One cut severed his carotid artery and another hit his jugular vein.

Donner fell to the ground and the rest of the youths stomped and kicked him before running off. Donner died at the scene.

Hanara used drugs regularly from the age of 9 and has been diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and intellectual disability.

Massingham said any time a prisoner was required to be escorted outside a prison, the focus was on safety, security and minimising risk to the public, our staff and prisoners.

“Each year we carry out tens of thousands of prisoner escorts between prisons, courts, specialist medical facilities and rehabilitation providers.”