A convicted killer who stole the identity of a New Zealand man to go on the run is back in jail in Britain, UK media report.
Simon Hennessey was jailed for life after stabbing his aunt 70 times in Plymouth, England, in 1978. He was 14 when convicted of murder, admitting the crime on the grounds that he was mentally ill. He escaped from an open prison in Gloucestershire in 1998.
In June 2013, police in the Australian state of Queensland arrested Hennessey after he returned from a trip to New Zealand where he had been travelling on a false passport under the name Robert Jeffrey.
Mr Jeffery had been left brain damaged in a car accident and had never held a passport, the Daily Mail newspaper reports.
Hennessey was jailed in Queensland for five-and-a-half years for fraud related to credit-card scams, and as soon as he was eligible for parole, Australian authorities deported him back to the UK.
He was arrested on his return and charged with evading lawful custody.
Hennessey, who has changed his name from Simon to Robert pleaded guilty to the charge and was this week jailed for 16 months by a judge at Bristol Crown Court, the Daily Mail says.
