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Killer Lerone Boye escapes from Homerton mental health unit | |
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A convicted killer has escaped from a mental health unit in east London. | A convicted killer has escaped from a mental health unit in east London. |
Lerone Boye, 27, of Beckton, fled from the John Howard Centre, in Homerton, Hackney, on Wednesday afternoon, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. | Lerone Boye, 27, of Beckton, fled from the John Howard Centre, in Homerton, Hackney, on Wednesday afternoon, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. |
Boye was jailed for 28 years in 2012, for stabbing 17-year-old Kelvin Chibueze at a birthday party in east London in August 2011. | |
East London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the unit, said: "We are reviewing our security as a matter of urgency." | East London NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the unit, said: "We are reviewing our security as a matter of urgency." |
Lerone Boye was among four men convicted of the murder of Mr Chibueze, from Croydon, who was stabbed at the Arteflex Club in Ilford High Road. | Lerone Boye was among four men convicted of the murder of Mr Chibueze, from Croydon, who was stabbed at the Arteflex Club in Ilford High Road. |
'Immediate investigation' | |
Boye, Roger Damali, Hugo Nwankwo and Dale Williams, all from east London, were found guilty of murder, in December last year. | |
Boye was sentenced to 28 years, Williams, of Dagenham, was jailed for a minimum of 26 years, Damali, of Barking, received a 23-year sentence and Nwankwo, also from Barking, was given 16 years. | Boye was sentenced to 28 years, Williams, of Dagenham, was jailed for a minimum of 26 years, Damali, of Barking, received a 23-year sentence and Nwankwo, also from Barking, was given 16 years. |
East London NHS Foundation Trust said it had launched an immediate internal investigation "into the circumstances surrounding the escape of a patient from the John Howard Centre". | East London NHS Foundation Trust said it had launched an immediate internal investigation "into the circumstances surrounding the escape of a patient from the John Howard Centre". |
"The trust is working with the police to assist them with their investigation," a John Howard Centre spokesman added. | "The trust is working with the police to assist them with their investigation," a John Howard Centre spokesman added. |