Vigilantes in Queensland's southeast have taken the law into their own hands, bashing their own ute with baseball bats after it was stolen.

As the thief tried to get away, he inadvertently reversed through the front fence of a family home in Logan.

The ute was initially stolen from a worksite in Yeronga, with the owners deciding to try and track down the car.

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It took them three hours, but they eventually encountered the thief on a Rochedale South street at around 9.30pm.

CCTV footage shows the owners ramming their ute, then proceeding to bash it with baseball bats as they tried to get the thief to hand it over.

"That's my car! He stole our car!" One of the men is heard saying as he is seen bashing the side doors, mirrors and windows of the ute.

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The barrage on the ute lasted about three minutes, by which point the thief was able to get away, but not before reversing through the front fence of Danielle and Craig Mason's home.

"A number of hours earlier, my son could have been reversed over playing in the front yard," Chris said.

"What's the world come to?"

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The driver still hasn't been found despite a large police search, but the Mason family are more upset with the vigilantes than the thief himself.

"I was mostly angry about the vigilantes' chase, because I think that that's what created heaps more chaos and violence and damage than the guy stealing the car," Danielle said.

"Which is obviously wrong, but I just don't think we should take it into our own hands. Just leave it to the police."

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The hunt continues for a child rapist who escaped from authorities at Bankstown Hospital on Wednesday morning.

Authorities say that Michael Angok was receiving treatment before he escaped custody at Bankstown Hospital sprinting from his hospital bed, after being transported from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. 

He has been on the run for more than 48 hours.

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The 30-year-old was imprisoned for his role in the gang rape of a 14-year-old girl in Doonside, in Sydney's west, in 2014 and has spent the past nine years in the detention facility.

"We are talking about an individual who raped a minor, a convicted rapist who is on the run," Home Affairs Shadow Minister Jonno Duniam said.

"The Australian Government need to now clarify if every risk assessment has been undertaken and every protocol put in place."

A resident told 9News he saw Angok run into a backyard and jump over a fence.

He hasn't been seen since, with police today searching the neighbourhood and even a nearby school.

"He appeared in a hurry, he was running," John told 9News.

"Terrible, terrible. Anyone [who] does that should be put in jail for life."

Yesterday, the AFP were granted an arrest warrant to locate Angok under Strike Force Tolquin.

NSW Police Detective Superintendent Brett Van Akker said that Angok is "well-known to police" as they appeal to the public for information.

Van Akker said that while police will not comment on his criminal history, "significant police resources" are working towards his capture.

Personal items belonging to the 30-year-old were found on Gallipoli Road in Condell Park after his escape.

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He is described as being of African appearance, about 175cm to 180cm tall, of thin build, with short black hair.

He was last seen wearing a black hooded jumper, grey tracksuit pants and white 'croc' sandals.

Angok previously lived in the Blacktown area and may use public transport, however, police believe it is still likely he is still in the Bankstown area.

"If anyone knows the whereabouts of this individual, I urge them to come forward and contact police through Crime Stoppers or Triple-Zero," Van Akker said. 

As the search continues, anyone who sees Angok is urged not to approach him but to contact Triple Zero (000) immediately.

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The crew member was knocked overboard by a float at about 10.40pm Sunday.

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The bereaved father of a skydiver killed after getting tangled on a plane says he does not hold a grudge against the man convicted over the accident.

Experienced instructor Stephen Hoare, 37, and his tandem passenger, Alex Welling, 32, died while skydiving at Goulburn airport in NSW's south on June 27, 2021.

The pair fell about 100 metres to their deaths after their equipment got snagged on a step that had recently been installed on the Cessna plane.

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SafeWork NSW charged Goulburn Flight Training Centre and its sole director, Attilio Giovanni Ferrara, known as John Ferrara, with two counts each of breaching workplace safety duties.

They were found guilty in the NSW District Court in March.

Judge Andrew Scotting found the fabricated step was an "obvious and dangerous snag hazard".

During a sentencing hearing today, Hoare's father, Frank, looked across the sparse courtroom to Ferrara.

Hoare said he held "no animosity" towards Ferrara or Jim Czerwinski, the pilot who installed the step and flew the plane that day.

"In the end, there was no intent," Hoare said quietly.

The men's families waited four years and 10 months for answers about the accident, a delay that felt like a dismissal of their lost lives, Hoare said.

"Losing our son … has shattered our lives in ways that words have never fully captured," Hoare said.

"He was not just a name or statistic; he was our son and our joy.

"Every day [since] his death has been filled with a silence that should not exist and a grief that does not lessen with time."

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Hoare hoped the accident would lead to meaningful safety changes in the skydiving industry.

He called on the state coroner to hold an inquest so that formal recommendations could be made.

SafeWork's barrister, Darien Nagle, urged the judge to consider the scale of the avoidable tragedy.

"The risk was avoidable, the risk was known," Nagle said.

Evidence at the trial included a short GoPro video taken by a third solo skydiver, showing Welling grinning as he moved towards the open door of the plane while strapped to Hoare.

The footage showed a black strap getting caught on the protruding step, leaving the pair frantically dangling upside-down mid-air.

The pilot attempted several manoeuvres to free the men, including flying low over the airport while staff on the ground stood on top of a four-wheel drive to try and grab them.

The men fell when the plane returned to a higher altitude.

Ferrara made a "sincere and unqualified" apology to the men's families in an affidavit read to the court.

Judge Scotting offered his condolences, saying he lost his sister in tragic circumstances.

"I understand that pain perhaps better than you might appreciate," the judge said.

Ferrara will be sentenced on April 17.

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