Darko 'Dougie' Desic, the fugitive who surrendered 30 years after a jail break ... trends now

Darko 'Dougie' Desic, the fugitive who surrendered 30 years after a jail break ... trends now
Darko 'Dougie' Desic, the fugitive who surrendered 30 years after a jail break ... trends now

Darko 'Dougie' Desic, the fugitive who surrendered 30 years after a jail break ... trends now

Fugitive who turned himself in after 30 YEARS on the run and then faced being deported from Australia learns his fate Darko Desic broke out of prison fearing he'd be deported He fled to Sydney's Northern Beaches where he did cash jobs He lost the work during the pandemic and lived on Avalon beach 

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A Yugoslavian-born prison escapee who risked deportation by turning himself in to Sydney police after 29 years on the run will be allowed to remain in Australia.

Darko ‘Dougie’ Desic, who escaped from Grafton Prison in 1992 after being jailed for growing dope, is a free man and no longer has to check over his shoulder.

After being granted a permanent visa, Darko shared the news on social media with friends.

'I am a free man again,' he wrote in a post on Monday night.

Darko ¿Dougie¿ Desic, who escaped from Grafton Prison in 1992 after being jailed for growing dope, is a free man after being granted a permanent visa

Darko ‘Dougie’ Desic, who escaped from Grafton Prison in 1992 after being jailed for growing dope, is a free man after being granted a permanent visa

It was fear of deportation that led Darko to use a hacksaw and bolt cutters to break out of prison 29 years earlier

It was fear of deportation that led Darko to use a hacksaw and bolt cutters to break out of prison 29 years earlier

'Freedom is something you don’t miss until you loose it and appreciate it only when you get it back.'

After his

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