Third escapee back behind bars after three days on the run
A third escapee has been caught, ending a days-long manhunt after he and two other inmates broke out of a Queensland prison.
May 17, 2023, updated May 22, 2025
A supplied image obtained on Monday, May 15, 2023, of Antonio David Mene, 28, who absconded from Palen Creek Correctional Centre at 14 May 2023. Queensland police have found two of the three escapees who fled the Palen Creek Correctional Centre in Rathdowney. (AAP Image/Supplied by Queensland Police Service)
Antonio David Mene escaped from the Palen Creek Correctional Centre, about 100km southwest of Brisbane, on Sunday.
The 28-year-old was found by police about 3pm on Tuesday in the rural town of Ravenshoe, about 120km southwest of Cairns and almost 2000km from the prison where he was incarcerated.
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Mene will appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on Wednesday charged with one count of escape lawful custody.
He was serving three years for vehicular offences.
Two other inmates, aged 32 and 20, were apprehended at Northgate in northern Brisbane about 10am on Monday.
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