By Freya Noble For the first time since the crime that made international headlines was pulled off, John Killick has spoken about the moment his lover Lucy Dudko hijacked a helicopter and helped him escape from a Sydney jail. In an interview with Channel Seven's Sunday Night, Killick revealed just what happened on the day, and during the weeks following, he and his girlfriend executed one of Australians most notorious breakouts. In 1999, Killick was imprisoned in Silverwater jail, serving time for a series of armed bank robberies. His girlfriend, a librarian originally from Russia, went to see him in jail as often as she could.
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John Killick escaped prison in 1999 when his girlfriend Lucy Dudko hijacked a helicopter
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The pair were on the run from authorities until they were arrest 45 days after the breakout
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Killick has recounted the daring escape for the first time on Channel Seven's Sunday Night program
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The criminal was only recently released from jail after serving time for the breakout and a string of armed robberies
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