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'Head and fingers killer' found living in squalid shack after 12 years on the run

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reports the Daily Mail.In 1981, he was given a life sentence for the murder of teenager Kim Barry, 19, after he beat her and cut off her head and fingers.

He was released in 1996 after just 15 years.He was nabbed again in 2010 after being connected to organised crime in Victoria and New South Wales, and he was suspected of having been recruited to carry out gangland killings.He was one of three charged over the planned murders of two men related to disputes within a drugs syndicate.But he skipped a court appearance and has been on the run since then.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.That came to an end this week when police nicked him in a rundown shack in Ravenshoe, about 50 miles south-west of Cairns, in Queensland.

Potter was hiding behind a bunk bed topped with old mattresses. The filthy room was stuffed with cardboard boxes, beer bottles and a chicken coop while outside there were old planks, corrugated iron and rubbish.A local resident, Paul Adamson, told Nine News Queensland that the house was actually looking relatively tidy.“At the moment it looks the best it's been since I've been here.

You couldn't even see the house two weeks ago,” he said.Sandi Feller, who owns the house, would not comment on the arrest but said Potter had been known to her as “Ned”.Under armed guard before a flight from Cairns, Potter – complete with shaggy grey beard – grinned for photographers.

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