A man who killed his neighbor with a kitchen knife has run away from a mental health facility in east London.
Philip Theophilou left the facility in Homerton on Sunday and has not returned, prompting a police appeal.
The Metropolitan Police is now searching for the killer and warned he could be a ‘risk’ as he does not have access to his medication.
He is now 54 years old and committed the killing in April 2004.
He waited outside Simon Breed’s home in Alexandra Park before stabbing him in the chest six times.
Theophilou then the hid in Hyde Park, living rough for three days before police captured him.
The Old Bailey heard in 2005 that he ran to the park from his home, leaving his victim dying outside his house.
Theophilou was sent to Broadmoor special hospital without limit of time under the Mental Health Act, in November 2005.
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