'MANIAC KILLER' HIDING IN IRELAND; UK detectives in hunt for fugitive murderer Laszlo.

Byline: By PAT FLANAGAN 

A MANIAC murderer is on the run in Ireland, it was claimed yesterday.

British police want the public to help them track down fugitive killer Laszlo Varga who may be using a different name.

Detectives have revealed the 68-year-old Hungarian knows Ireland well and came here when he escaped from jail before.

The convicted killer - known as "Shaky Laszlo" escaped from a mental hospital in Epsom on May 8.

Police have confirmed he was spotted on CCTV boarding a train to London in the early hours of May 8 but there have been no positive sightings since.

He was jailed for life after murdering the manager of an employment agency in 1968.

But he was released under licence in 2005 but breached his bail conditions and will be sent back to jail when he is recaptured.

Police have warned that he has a condition that can make him violent if he does not take his medication.

A side-effect of his condition is that he shakes uncontrollably and then tries to hide this by putting his hands in his pockets.

Det Mark Daughters, who is leading the search, said: "We are taking the direct approach of warning people as we believe Varga to be potentially dangerous."

The killer is 5ft 8ins, slim and is clean-shaven with short receding grey hair and brown eyes.

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