Prison sentence for armed robber who fled for fear of assassination

A fugitive who was found hiding in the hull of a yacht because he believed he was facing a death sentence has been sentenced to prison for aiding and abetting the theft of $550,000 in drug money.

Mark Anthony Horne, 34, and four other people attacked truck driver Leith Carstairs as he was parked on a highway west of Sydney in the early hours of September 29, 2020.

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