Fugitive armed robber arrested after breaking lockdown to buy Call of Duty with friend

This is the moment two of our officers were attacked by a man who’d told them he’d come into town with a friend during lockdown to buy the new Call of Duty game – before it was revealed he was an armed robber on the run from prison. Clint Butler, aged 36, kicked one officer in the groin before he was restrained by officers using incapacitant spray and arrested. He gave a false name before finally admitting who he was and that he’d absconded from HMP Spring Hill open prison in Buckinghamshire. He’d been serving a 17-year extended sentence for crimes including robbery and firearms offences, which is due to finish in 2024. But he fled the prison at around midnight on 28 November last year, and was issued as wanted by Thames Valley Police who urged the public not to approach him if they saw him. On 13 January this year, Birmingham city centre PCs Mark Owen and Allison Brown saw Butler and a friend change direction when they spotted the officers in Martineau Way. PC Owen asked Butler why he was in town durin