Prison escapee from South Nowra arrested in the ACT

Friday, 07 February 2025 11:40:54 AM

A man who escaped from a correctional facility on the South Coast has been arrested in the ACT.

Police were alerted after a 44-year-old man went missing from South Nowra, last Wednesday morning (29 January 2025).

About 4.30am today ( Friday 7 February 2025), officers attached to ACT Policing’s City Station attended an apartment block in Dooring Street, Braddon, responding to reports a man was acting suspiciously in the underground carpark.

Police arrested a 44-year-old man in the stairwell and he was taken to the ACT Watchhouse where he remains, pending extradition to New South Wales.

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