20/04/2026
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For years, he escaped detection for the backpacker killings, and very nearly escaped conviction altogether. That was until a British man called Paul Onions changed everything.
Milat had pulled over to pick up hitchhiker Mr Onions in 1990. Seeing a rope and a gun in the car, Mr Onions realised he was in grave danger.
He managed to escape, with Milat in pursuit of him on foot along the Hume Highway, where he ensnared his victims.
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Paul Onions leaves court after giving crucial evidence
Mr Onions avoided the bullets Milat was firing and flagged down another motorist, who took him to the nearest police station - in a small town, Bowral.
Mr Onions rushed in to give a report, but he has said police merely handed him A$10 (£5; $7) to get back to the British High Commission in Sydney. The report lay filed in a drawer at Bowral police station for years.
Years later Mr Onions - then back in the UK - saw media reports about the remains of bodies found in Belanglo State Forest.
He called the Australian Federal Police, reminding them of his ordeal. They responded by immediately flying him back to Australia in 1996, where an investigation was under way.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48346543
