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FACE TO FACE WITH OZ’S MOST NOTORIOUS ARMED ROBBERS

Mark Dapin, 57, Sydney, NSW

Driving around the car park, we couldn’t work out how to pay.

But I wasn’t trapped in the car with just anyone.

Behind the wheel was John Killick, 78 – one of Australia’s most notorious bank robbers – whose girlfriend had hijacked a helicopter at gunpoint and busted him out of jail.

The other passenger was Bernie Matthews, 71, a convicted bank robber and prison escapee, turned journo.

Debating, we decided to make a break for it.

Rolling through

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