The Last Escape. The Man Behind The Most Daring Jailbreak In Australian History

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: New Holland
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2017
Edition: First Edition

Description: 373 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: John Killick fed his gambling addiction by robbing banks in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, but this career criminal entered a new phase when he met Russian immigrant Lucy Dudko at a party in 1995. When a warrant was issued in Queensland for his arrest on old charges, Killick and Dudko went on the run which ended in his capture after a failed bank robbery in Bowral, NSW in January 1999.In one of the most audacious prison breaks in Australian history, Killick was broken out of Sydneys Silverwater prison after Dudko commandeered a scenic helicopter flight at gunpoint. Australias Bonnie and Clyde spent another 45 days on the run before recaptured . Killick was sentenced to 14 years jail; Dudko got 8 years. After he was released in 2015, the pair meet up again but are they the same people Is the magic still there

ISBN: 9781742579030