A 45-year-old man with a history of sexual offences who went missing from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health this week was found in Brampton early Friday morning, police say.

Anthony Murdock, who went missing Tuesday, was located around 2:30 a.m. by Peel police.

He has been charged with one count of failing to comply with an Ontario Review Board decision and will appear in court at 10 a.m. Friday.

Murdock’s disappearance marked at least the third time in July that a CAMH resident left the psychiatric hospital’s care after previously being found not criminally responsible for a crime.

The issue has drawn widespread public criticism, after Zhebin Cong, who was found not criminally responsible for second-degree murder in the 2014 death of his roommate, managed to board an international flight while out on an unaccompanied public pass from CAMH.

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In a news release Tuesday night, police said they were “concerned for the safety of the public” due to Murdock’s disappearance.

Murdock has a history of sexual offences against strangers, and was previously convicted on counts of forcible confinement.

According to documents from the Ontario Review Board — which conducts annual assessments of those found not criminally responsible — all of the offences involved unknown women and, in one case, at least one young girl.

According to the board, Murdock was diagnosed with schizophrenia and borderline intellectual functioning. He also has a history of substance abuse. The board deemed him a “significant risk to the public” at his last review and ordered him to live in CAMH’s forensic unit.

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With files from The Canadian Press