A woman convicted of murder has gone on the run during an escorted visit to the shops in south London.
Patricia Gillette, 41, from Streatham, south London, was detained indefinitely in 2007 for killing Mark Murphy, 38, at his home in Streatham in August 2006.
Gillette, who was being held at Bethlem Royal Hospital, was on a visit to shops in West Wickham High Street, Bromley, when she escaped on Friday afternoon.
Police described her as "dangerous" and warned people not to approach her.
This is the type of case which provides ammunition for the hang 'em and flog 'em brigade. Two years after being given a life sentence for murder she is allowed out on a escorted shopping trip. It beggars belief that someone who is described as dangerous was granted this liberty.
The lunatics have taken over the asylum!
Update: On the run female killer arrested
