QLD:Escapee found in wetlands to face court

08-25-2010
QLD:Escapee found in wetlands to face court

BRISBANE, Aug 25 AAP - A prisoner who ditched police at Brisbane airport and swam across
the Brisbane River before he was recaptured will face court on Wednesday.

Victorian homicide detectives had taken Kayd Thorp, 24, to the airport to extradite
him to Victoria but he escaped at about 3pm (AEST) on Tuesday.

He was recaptured in wetlands near the airport at about 9.40pm.

Thorp, formerly of Point Lonsdale, near Geelong, will face a charge of escaping lawful
custody when he appears in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

He had fled to Queensland in April after being charged in Victoria with a string of
offences, including intentionally causing serious injury over the death of another Point
Lonsdale man, 49-year-old Clint Bassett, in February.

Police allege Thorp attacked Bassett, who later died. Thorp is likely to face further
charges over the matter when he returns to Victoria.

He's also been charged with assaulting an off-duty police sergeant and threatening
to kill him and his partner outside a hotel at Queenscliff, near his home.

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