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Oct 2021
1h 11m

The prison break that stopped the nation

TRUE CRIME AUSTRALIA
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In 1999 John Killick and his then-girlfriend Lucy Dudko pulled off the most daring prison break in Australian history when Lucy hijacked a helicopter and landed it in Silverwater prison before she and John flew to freedom. John tells us everything that went down before the big event and why he doesn't want to be known as the helicopter man. 

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