Teenage killer is finally discovered in Australia, after 15 years on run from British police A Plymouth man who has evaded capture for 15 years has finally been arrested in Australia. British-born Simon Hennessey pleaded guilty to killing his aunt in 1978, on grounds that he was mentally unwell when he was 14-years-old. Hennessey was serving a life sentence, during which he escaped from Leyhill Open Prison in Gloucestershire in 1998. According to the BBC, he was finally caught when police in Brisbane arrested him on the Sunshine Coast over a credit-card scam. If convicted of credit -card fraud, he faces a lengthy jail sentence and could be extradited back to Britain. Officers were initially unaware that he had been wanted by British police for fifteen years and Hennessey reportedly told them that he was from New Zealand. Detectives believe he has moved between Thailand, New Zealand and Queensland during his time on the run. Hennessey will appear in a Queensland court to face charges next month.