Urgent appeal after convicted killer absconds from London mental health facility
2 April 2024, 22:38 | Updated: 3 April 2024, 00:54
The Metropolitan Police is urgently seeking the whereabouts of Philip Theophilou who was convicted of manslaughter in 2005.
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Theophilou - who has schizophrenia - was being held indefinitely at a hospital in Homerton since being convicted of the fatal stabbing of his neighbour.
The force said the 54-year-old left the facility on Sunday, 31 March and has not returned.
Enquiries show he travelled to the Green Park area on Sunday at about 11:25am.
At the time he went missing, he was wearing a grey jumper, blue jeans, black jacket and black jumper.
Officers and medical professionals are concerned at his lack of access to medication and the risk he may pose without it.
Anyone who sees Philip should not approach him and should call 999, the Met said.
Theophilou admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility after the knife attack in 2005.
