Philip Theophilou, 54, has evaded a mental health facility and is now on the run (Picture: PA)
A man who stabbed his neighbour to death with a kitchen knife has escaped from a mental health facility in east London.
Philip Theophilou left the facility in Homerton on Sunday and has not come back, sparking a police appeal.
The Metropolitan Police is now on the hunt for the killer and warned he could be a ‘risk’ as he does not have access to his medication.
The now-54-year-old stabbed his neighbour to death two decades ago, in April 2004.
Undated handout photo of Theophilou issued by Metropolitan Police (Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)
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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