Convicted killer on the run after removing electronic tag while on parole in Sydney
A man convicted of a double murder is on the run after removing his electronic monitoring ankle tag while on parole in Sydney's east.
Damien Anthony Peters, 50, was last seen at Randwick's Prince of Wales Hospital about 4.15pm on Sunday. Police found Peters' monitoring device just over four hours later in Roma Avenue in nearby Kensington, about two kilometres from the hospital.
Peters pleaded guilty to murdering and dismembering two of his lovers in his Surry Hills flat in 2001 and was jailed for 21 years, with a non-parole period of 13 years, in 2002.
The court heard Peters, then 32, had stabbed Tereaupii Akai, 50, twice in the neck before cutting up his body and throwing it in a council bin.
About eight months later, Peters stabbed 57-year-old Bevan James Frost to death while giving him a massage in bed. He later dismembered the body. Detectives investigating Mr Akai's disappearance found Mr Frost's remains in the bath when they went to Peters' flat. He pleaded guilty to both murders in November 2002.
Peters was granted parole in November 2016.
NSW Police issued a statement on Sunday night describing Peters as having of caucasian appearance with a muscular build and short brown hair. He is between 175-185cm tall.
“He has a tattoo on his right upper arm of a snake wrapped around a panther and tribal style tattoos on his upper left upper arm,” the statement read.
Police warned that Mr Peters should not be approached.
With AAP