Escaped Rapist Caught After 5-Day Run

0:00A 30-year-old man, a Michael Angok, convicted of gang raping a 14-year-old girl back in 2014, escaped immigration detention. Last Wednesday, he ditched custody during a trip from Villa Wood to a western Sinny hospital and stayed on the run for five days before cops nabbed him in seven hills. He had already served his full sentence for the assault and was held as an immigration detainee awaiting deportation. Several searches turned up some of his gear, tossed on the road just hundreds of meters from the escape spot, but he slipped away clean at first. This case hits a mid-heated talks on immigrants with criminal records since the high court ruled indefinite detention, unlawful in 2023. Many had finished prison time for serious crimes like rape or murder before landing back in immigration holds over visa problems. Come Sunday, police tracked him to a house in northwestern Sydney where they spotted his shoes left out front. They locked down the scene, hauled him to Blacktown station, executed an outstanding warrant,

1:01and a judge denied him bail for court the next day. With Angot back behind bars, it underscores how quick police work can shut down these breakouts, keeping the focus sharp on deportation pushes for. High-risk cases. From your city, powered by AI, this is Sydney News Today, I'm Corey with The Story.