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      • John Killick (born 1942), is an Australian criminal and author. He is best known for escaping from Sydney's Silverwater Correctional Complex with his partner by helicopter on 25 March 1999.
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  2. John Killick (born 1942), is an Australian criminal and author. He is best known for escaping from Sydney's Silverwater Correctional Complex with his partner by helicopter on 25 March 1999.

  3. Killick, now 73, has spent much of his adult life in maximum security prisons across New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia for armed robbery.

  4. Feb 20, 2019 · One of the most daring escapes from prison in Australia, if not the world, was carried out by criminal mastermind John Killick and his then-lover Lucy Dudko. Their audacious plan involved her hijacking a helicopter at gunpoint and flying over Silverwater Prison, where Killick was waiting below in the exercise yards.

  5. Feb 8, 2016 · CONVICTED bank robber John Killick made Australian criminal history when his Russian lover hijacked a helicopter and freed him from a Sydney maximum security prison under a hail of guard gunfire. Killick was a career criminal with a penchant for armed bank robberies and forgery.

  6. Nov 22, 2017 · CONVICTED criminal John Killick and his girlfriend Lucy were behind the most daring jailbreak in Australian history. He’s now lifting the lid on how it went down.

  7. Jan 30, 2019 · John Killick (L) and Lucy Dudko (R) in 1999, after their showstopping prison escape by helicopter made international headlines. (AAP) Everyone wants to talk to Killick about the helicopter, but he is now focused on something more important. His time ‘inside’ convinced him the system is broken – and he reckons he knows how to fix it.

  8. Apr 12, 2021 · John Killick is a career criminal with a knack for escaping. He’d escaped custody multiple times over the years, but it was his 1999 escape from Sydney’s Silverwater Jail that made worldwide headlines. His lover hijacked a helicopter, landed it in the grounds of the prison and whisked him to freedom.