The Silverwater Helicopter Jailbreak

Wouldn't Read About It · Aug 27, 2026 · 42m

In March 1999, convicted armed robber John Killick pulled off one of the most outrageous prison escapes in Australian history, with a little help from his new found lover of only several months. Russian librarian Lucy Dudko had hatched a daring plan to get Killick out of Sydney’s maximum-security Silverwater prison, using an escape method so audacious that nobody saw it coming - until they did. What followed was a dramatic getaway, 45 days on the run and one of the wildest love stories in Australian criminal history.

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