A 26-year-old man from Ireland appeared before an Australian court on Saturday. He was charged with entering the country using a false passport and subsequently escaping from custody after his initial arrest.
The man's arrival in Brisbane, Queensland, occurred in March of this year. Upon inspection at Brisbane Airport's passport control, authorities discovered his passport was fraudulent. He was taken into custody after declining to participate in biometric testing.
According to a statement released by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Saturday, the man allegedly escaped detention by fashioning a rope from bedsheets and using it to descend the side of a building.
Following his escape, the man fled to the neighboring state of New South Wales. The AFP issued an arrest warrant in April. This led to his apprehension in Box Hill, New South Wales, on Thursday of this week. He had previously appeared in Magistrates Court in Parramatta, Sydney, on Friday, where an extradition order to Queensland was successfully obtained.
At the Brisbane Arrest Court on Saturday, the man was charged with using false documents and providing false or misleading information, as well as escaping from detention.
The AFP statement indicated that if convicted, the young Irishman could face a prison sentence of up to ten years.
5 Comments
paracelsus
Using bedsheets to escape? How predictable. Desperate people make desperate choices, and he’s no exception.
eliphas
Maybe he had a good reason to run. Let's not judge without knowing the full story.
anubis
This guy thinks he can just waltz into another country with a fake passport and not face consequences? Ridiculous.
eliphas
This makes me so angry! How many people have had their lives put at risk because of his reckless actions?
anubis
I think there's more to his story than we realize; let's not jump to conclusions.