FED:Extradited suspect slips police

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2010
FED:Extradited suspect slips police

By Jamie Duncan

MELBOURNE, Aug 24 AAP - A Victorian man being extradited to Melbourne over the death
of a man near Geelong six months ago has given police the slip near Brisbane Airport.

Victorian homicide detectives were accompanying Kayd Thorp, 24, to Brisbane Airport
following an extradition hearing when he escaped about 3pm (AEST), Queensland police said.

Thorp, formerly of Point Lonsdale, near Geelong, faced a string of charges 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.

He has 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, in the same
month.

The sergeant also faces charges he assaulted Thorp in the watch-house at Geelong police
station following Thorp's arrest over the Queenscliff incident.

Thorp later fled to Queensland, where he was arrested on April 9.

In a statement, a Queensland Police spokesman confirmed Thorp was on the run near Brisbane
Airport's domestic terminal.

"The 24-year-old man was being extradited to Victoria when he escaped from police custody
about 3pm (AEST).

"The man had earlier appeared in Brisbane Magistrates' Court to face extradition proceedings.

"He was being escorted back to Victoria by Victoria Police detectives to face a charge
of intentionally causing injuries to another man."

Police have cordoned off the area where Thorp was last seen, in swamp land near the airport.

There are no houses in the area.

He is described as being 182cm tall with a slim build, sandy collar-length hair and blue eyes.

He was last seen wearing a black tracksuit, brown joggers and a red t-shirt with a
white emblem on the front.

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KEYWORD: THORP

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