No Fixed Address
Author: Pedley, Derek
ISBN: 9780732266646
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 1999
Pages: 270
Dimensions: 201mm x 129mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
there is no single criminal that concerns police , and should concern the community , as much as Brenden Abbott. Detective Sergeant trevor Jenkins, SA Police. It began as a single file at the Perth Armed Robbery Squad and grew to involve every operational police officer in Australia. For five-and-a-half years, Brenden James Abbott was a grinning shadow in an Akubra who couldn't be caught. When on the run, Abbott traversed the nation with a regularity and breadth previously unheard of in the world of crime. And it was travel , as well as his much vaunted intelligence : that was the key to his success as a fugitive. there were suburban residences and an assortment of storage sheds and hideaways scattered across the country, but these served only as a base for operations - there was no fixed address. With each bank robbery and escape, Abbott became progressively more sophisticated in his approach, transforming the hit-and-miss occupation of violent crime into a precise art that netted millions of dollars. the media, detecting a whiff of anti-hero from the start, followed Abbott's career with glee, coining a new titles for every occasion: the Drop-In Bandit, the Postcard Bandit, the Speedway Captain and, in the end, simply Australia's Most Wanted.
\'9291there is no single criminal that concerns police ?nd should concern the community ?s much as Brenden Abbott.\'9291 Detective Sergeant trevor Jenkins, SA Police. It began as a single file at the Perth Armed Robbery Squad and grew to involve every operational police officer in Australia. For five-and-a-half years, Brenden James Abbott was a grinning shadow in an Akubra who couldn't be caught. When on the run, Abbott traversed the nation with a regularity and breadth previously unheard of in the world of crime. And it was travel ?s well as his much vaunted intelligence ?hat was the key to his success as a fugitive. there were suburban residences and an assortment of storage sheds and hideaways scattered across the country, but these served only as a base for operations - there was no fixed address. With each bank robbery and escape, Abbott became progressively more sophisticated in his approach, transforming the hit-and-miss occupation of violent crime into a precise art that netted millions of dollars. the media, detecting a whiff of anti-hero from the start, followed Abbott's career with glee, coining a new titles for every occasion: the Drop-In Bandit, the Postcard Bandit, the Speedway Captain and, in the end, simply Australia's Most Wanted.
ISBN: 9780732266646
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year First Published: 1999
Pages: 270
Dimensions: 201mm x 129mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
there is no single criminal that concerns police , and should concern the community , as much as Brenden Abbott. Detective Sergeant trevor Jenkins, SA Police. It began as a single file at the Perth Armed Robbery Squad and grew to involve every operational police officer in Australia. For five-and-a-half years, Brenden James Abbott was a grinning shadow in an Akubra who couldn't be caught. When on the run, Abbott traversed the nation with a regularity and breadth previously unheard of in the world of crime. And it was travel , as well as his much vaunted intelligence : that was the key to his success as a fugitive. there were suburban residences and an assortment of storage sheds and hideaways scattered across the country, but these served only as a base for operations - there was no fixed address. With each bank robbery and escape, Abbott became progressively more sophisticated in his approach, transforming the hit-and-miss occupation of violent crime into a precise art that netted millions of dollars. the media, detecting a whiff of anti-hero from the start, followed Abbott's career with glee, coining a new titles for every occasion: the Drop-In Bandit, the Postcard Bandit, the Speedway Captain and, in the end, simply Australia's Most Wanted.
\'9291there is no single criminal that concerns police ?nd should concern the community ?s much as Brenden Abbott.\'9291 Detective Sergeant trevor Jenkins, SA Police. It began as a single file at the Perth Armed Robbery Squad and grew to involve every operational police officer in Australia. For five-and-a-half years, Brenden James Abbott was a grinning shadow in an Akubra who couldn't be caught. When on the run, Abbott traversed the nation with a regularity and breadth previously unheard of in the world of crime. And it was travel ?s well as his much vaunted intelligence ?hat was the key to his success as a fugitive. there were suburban residences and an assortment of storage sheds and hideaways scattered across the country, but these served only as a base for operations - there was no fixed address. With each bank robbery and escape, Abbott became progressively more sophisticated in his approach, transforming the hit-and-miss occupation of violent crime into a precise art that netted millions of dollars. the media, detecting a whiff of anti-hero from the start, followed Abbott's career with glee, coining a new titles for every occasion: the Drop-In Bandit, the Postcard Bandit, the Speedway Captain and, in the end, simply Australia's Most Wanted.
