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Fire started latest espae - July 24's ten inmate escape from Greenough Regional Prison in WA began with a fire. 

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Riot ensued - A riot broke out at the prison, which the officer's union says is overcrowded, and several guards were injured. 

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Ladder - Ten inmates used a ladder to climb over the medium security jail's fence. 

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One on the loose - Nearby residents were warned to lock their doors and be wary of the escapees. As of Wednesday July 25, all but one inmate had been captured by police. 

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John Killick's chopper flight - John Killick's stint behind bars for armed robbery was cut short when he escaped via helicopter in 1999.   

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Lover and a shotgun - Killick's lover, Lucy Dudko, held up a helicopter with a shotgun and made the pilot land in Sydney's Silverwater jail, where Killick was being held. 

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45 days -

The pair spent 45 days on the run before Killick handed himself in. 

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Now free - After serving 15 years behind bars, Killick is now a free man and was released at the age of 72 in 2015. 

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George Savvas' savvy disguise -

Drug importer George Savvas was serving a 25-year sentence when he walked right out of prison. 

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Fake mustache -

Savvas was wearing a fake mustache and hairpiece when he exited the prison through the visitors area. 

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8 months - It was a full eight months before Savvas was caught, in a Kent Street restaurant no less. 

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Foiled and finished - Savvas attempted to escape prison again after being caught, this time with serial killer Ivan Milat. The plot was foiled and Savvas ended his life shortly after. 

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Russell "Mad Dog" Cox - He was serving 29 years for armed for armed robbery at Long Bay jail when Russell "Mad Dog" Cox escaped in a mad fashion. 

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Hostages -

The "Mad Dog" took two guards hostage in 1977.

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Chissel - Then, the "Mad Dog" literally chiseled his way out of Long Bay jail in Sydney. 

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11 years - He was on the run for 11 years before being betrayed by a former accomplice. 

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Travels and betrayal - "Mad Dog" Cox traveled to Britain, Germany and back to Victoria where he worked as a labourer. A former accomplice, who'd become an informant, found him almost immediately after his release from prison and turned him in to the police. 

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Release - "Mad Dog" was released from prison after completing his jail term in Grafton Correction Centre in 2004. 

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The Postcard Bandit -

Brenden James Abbott stole $11,200 from the Commonwealth Bank Perth and was captured in 1987. 

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Abbott was sent to Fremantle Prison and assigned as a tailor. 

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Fake uniforms - Abbott made fake prison guard uniforms to wear for an escape. 

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1989 escape - Abbott helped orchestrate a riot at Fremante Prison and fled in a fake uniform with fellow inmate Aaron Reynolds. 

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The Postcard Bandit - Police told the media Abbott was sending the police postcards while on the run, but many dispute this claim by the police.

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Six years - It was six years before the Postcard Bandit was recaptured. 

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Fremantle Prison closed - Fremantle Prison closed in 1991, making Abbot the only prisoner in the 136-year history of Fremantle to escape and never return. 

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Escaped again -

Abbot only spent two years behind bars before escaping from Sir David Longland Prison in 1997 with four other inmates. 

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Caught - The Postcard Bandit was ultimately caught in Darwin and is up for parole in 2026. 

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1972 false call - Inmate at Fremantle Prison, Owen Hooper was hired to repair phone connections on the prison roof and run the prison radio station. 

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Radio connection - Hooper requested a radio cell to connect with a nearby weather balloon. 

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Call - Hooper and two other accomplices called the prison guards via the radio to report a false incident at the other end of the building. 

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Escape - The inmates escaped using the telephone cable wire to hoist themselves over the fence. They were capture three months later. 

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