Prisoner escapes during brother's funeral; AFL injury scare; Hanson-Albanese clash

JUN 11, 20268 MIN
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Prisoner escapes during brother's funeral; AFL injury scare; Hanson-Albanese clash

JUN 11, 20268 MIN

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An accused drug trafficker, Orijol Rukaj, escaped custody during his brother's funeral in Melbourne after planning the prison break for weeks using phone conversations in Albanian. Police have searched 20 addresses and arrested a suspected accomplice with ties to Albanian organised crime, but the 47-year-old remains at large six weeks after slipping past guards at a cemetery. Melbourne Demons forward Brodie Grundy suffered a fractured vertebrae in a tackle that left him millimetres from permanent paralysis, though he has returned home and is walking.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.