Double-murderer parolee captured in Vic

A double murderer on parole who went on the run from Victorian police for more than six weeks after cutting off his ankle bracelet has been captured.

John Wallace Lindrea, 54, was arrested in Avondale Heights about 4.30pm on Tuesday.

"He has been returned to prison for breaching parole conditions," Victoria Police said.

Lindrea, who was sentenced to a 20-year minimum jail term over two murders in 1993, was last seen in the Warrnambool area on March 25, during the Easter long weekend, a day after his parole was cancelled.

During a subsequent hunt for Lindrea, police described the convicted killer as threat to the community due to his propensity for violence.

He was convicted for the 1993 murders of Kaelene McDonald and Andrew Johns, who were shot dead at a party in Kinglake.

Lindrea once tried to escape from Barwon Prison with armed robber Christopher Dean "Badness" Binse when they cut their way out of their cells, but he was recaptured inside the prison grounds.

Police in March declined to reveal why Lindrea's parole had been revoked, but told the public he might be travelling with his partner Sally Roach, 46.