A woman who admitted killing her drunken boyfriend has gone missing from hospital.

Julia Adamson, 18, stabbed Robert Kavanagh to death at a flat in Hangleton in June last year.

His body was cut up and put in a freezer before being scattered over parts of Sussex.

Adamson pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility at Lewes Crown Court in April.

She was put on probation for three years after the court heard she had suffered violence and abuse from Kavanagh.

Her lawyers argued that she was mentally ill at the time of the killing and feared for her life.

Adamson is a patient at Mill View Hospital, Hove, which has specialist psychiatric facilities.

Police say she has not been seen there since 4pm yesterday and they are anxious to trace her.

She is described as 5ft 7in tall and now has bleached blonde, shoulder-length hair. She is known to like wearing distinctive blue eye shadow.

The man she was seen with was 22, 6ft 2in tall and of large build with brown hair.

Anyone with information is asked to call Hove police on 0845 6070999.