Fugitive NZ murderer Phillip Smith deported from Brazil 28 November 2014 Last updated at 01:16 A New Zealand man serving a life term for child molestation and murder who fled to Brazil has been deported to his home country, officials say. Phillip Smith, 40, was escorted by police officers onto a plane that left Rio de Janeiro for Auckland via the Chilean capital, Santiago. Smith used a passport in his birth name, Phillip Traynor, to fly to Chile and then on to Brazil on 6 November. Inquiry dismissed Smith was captured a week after he arrived in Brazil, when somebody recognised him at a youth hostel. His New Zealand lawyer said that he was surprised that Smith had been deported so quickly, because he had been challenging the legality of his detention in Brazil. "They must have heard the inquiry yesterday and dismissed it, otherwise there will be questions about the legality of his deportation," said Tony Ellis. Brazilian police had earlier said that when Smith entered the country he probably lied about his criminal convictions, which is a deportable offence. He now faces an additional sentence of up to five years for escape custody. Prison business Smith's escape led to calls for an overhaul of New Zealand's short-term prison release scheme and the monitoring of high-risk offenders. Deportation is, however, a more straightforward legal process.