Gold Coast fugitive hands himself in after 11 years on the run

Gold Coast fugitive hands himself in after 11 years on the run


Fugitive Michael Tillman has turned himself in to police after 11 years.

A fugitive on the run for 11 years handed himself in to police this week.

Michael Tillman was charged with attempted murder in 2010 after an alleged attack on a friend during a night out in Surfer’s Paradise, Queensland.

Tillman allegedly stabbed his friend Troy Kiss 11 times, tried to gouge out his eyes and pull out his teeth, inside an apartment at the Circle on Cavill.

He was on bail on the charges when he fled.He is also wanted over a separate incident that saw him accused of biting a man’s nose off during a bar brawl.

After 11 years evading investigators, Tillman handed himself in at Surry Hills Police Station on Wednesday afternoon.