New South Wales Police has confirmed Peters was arrested on King Street in Enmore without incident on Monday afternoon.
Convicted murderer Damien Peters has been arrested in Sydney's inner west after sparking a major manhunt when he breached parole conditions.
The 50-year-old triggered the search when he removed his tracking bracelet after checking himself out of the Prince Of Wales Hospital in Randwick on Sunday afternoon. Peters was granted strict conditional parole after serving 21 years in prison for dismembering two of his former partners. Image: NSW Police Media
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