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Fugitive killer extradited to Melbourne

By AAP Newswire

Feb 23, 2022

Graham Gene Potter is extradited from Cairns, Queensland — Convicted killer and former fugitive Graham Gene Potter has been extradited from Queensland. -AAP Image

A convicted killer who eluded authorities for more than a decade has returned to Victoria accompanied by police.

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A 12-year manhunt for Graham Gene Potter ended in far north Queensland on Monday, when detectives found him at a home in the Tablelands region.

Queensland Police said he was living under a fake name "Josh Lawson" and biometric testing was needed to confirm his identity following his arrest at Ravenshoe, south of Cairns.

The 64-year-old appeared via video link in Atherton Magistrates Court the following day, where extradition was granted, and he is expected to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Potter has been wanted since 2010 after allegedly failing to appear on charges of conspiracy to murder and commonwealth drug offences.

While he's been "keeping a low profile", police said he had assimilated with some members of the local community.

No one has been charged in connection with Potter's hiding spot.

Potter was allegedly hired in 2008 to kill a man at a wedding of the son of Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto.

He also faces charges over a $440 million ecstasy and cocaine haul the same year.

Potter served 15 years in jail for the 1981 mutilation and murder of NSW woman Kim Barry.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press