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On the run female killer arrested

Patricia Gillette
Gillette was detained indefinitely for murder in 2007

A woman convicted of murder who went on the run from hospital during an escorted visit to shops has been arrested in south London.

Patricia Gillette, 41, was arrested on Sunday morning in Streatham after officers saw her in Churchmore Road.

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.

She was detained indefinitely in 2007 for killing a man in Streatham in 2006.

Gillette, who is from Streatham, was convicted of killing Mark Murphy, 38, at his home in August 2006.



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