Overview

• Connors was apprehended in the Sydney suburb of Box Hill on Thursday after escaping a Brisbane detention facility earlier this year.
• He is accused of using bedsheets tied together to scale down a building wall and evade custody.
• The 26-year-old Irish national allegedly entered Australia on a false passport and conducted roof-repair scams, burglaries and fraud across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
• The Australian Federal Police issued warrants in multiple states following reports of victims left out of pocket by his alleged schemes.
• Connors made no bail application at his initial hearing and is next scheduled to appear in Brisbane on August 15.