Article: Vic: Violent criminals recaptured after jailbreak


AAP General News (Australia)
06-16-2001
Vic: Violent criminals recaptured after jailbreak

By Ben Packham

MELBOURNE, June 16 AAP - Two violent criminals - one a murderer who shot a man through
the heart with a crossbow bolt and dismembered his body - were today recaptured after
a daring jailbreak in country Victoria.

Ronald Victor Lucas, 44, and Damian Paul O'Sullivan, 26, escaped from Ararat jail about
11.30am today, sparking a massive manhunt around the western districts town.

They spent more than five hours on the run, before they were spotted by farmers who
called police.

Police said they were recaptured without incident just before 5pm.

Both men were described as "highly ...

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