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| Hospital probe into rapist escape | Hospital probe into rapist escape |
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| A London hospital from where a rapist escaped twice in three years has launched an inquiry. | |
| Terrence O'Keefe, 39, who is serving a life sentence for rape offences, fled while visiting King's College Hospital. | Terrence O'Keefe, 39, who is serving a life sentence for rape offences, fled while visiting King's College Hospital. |
| Police said O'Keefe was dangerous and should not be approached. In 2005 he escaped from A&E at the same hospital and fled to Liverpool. | Police said O'Keefe was dangerous and should not be approached. In 2005 he escaped from A&E at the same hospital and fled to Liverpool. |
| South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, is reviewing procedures as part of an inquiry. | South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, is reviewing procedures as part of an inquiry. |
| It said the hospital's practice was to escort psychiatric patients at all times. | It said the hospital's practice was to escort psychiatric patients at all times. |
| O'Keefe was being held at the secure Lambeth Hospital in south-west London but he was transferred to King's College Hospital after becoming unwell before escaping on Friday afternoon. | |
| He is a light-skinned black man, last seen wearing a green fleece jumper, black jeans and tan-coloured boots. | He is a light-skinned black man, last seen wearing a green fleece jumper, black jeans and tan-coloured boots. |
| There was a confirmed sighting of him at about 1500 GMT in Brixton, south London. | There was a confirmed sighting of him at about 1500 GMT in Brixton, south London. |