Escaped child rapist Christopher Austin caught in Warrnambool

By Tom Cowie
Updated December 2 2016 - 3:08pm, first published 3:02pm
Christopher Austin, 22, escaped from a Fairfield disability and forensic treatment centre. Photo: supplied
Christopher Austin, 22, escaped from a Fairfield disability and forensic treatment centre. Photo: supplied

A fugitive paedophile who escaped a mental health facility in Melbourne has been caught hundreds of kilometres away in Warrnambool, the town where he raped a child.

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