[3] Dudko was the mistress of John Killick (whom she had met at a party in the mid-1990s), who was being held on remand at Sydney's Silverwater Correctional Centre on charges of armed robbery.
[4] On the morning of 25 March 1999, Dudko waited at the Sydney International Airport to receive a call from Killick to confirm that he was entering the exercise yard at Silverwater.
[6][4] On 8 May 1999 the couple, returning to Sydney to receive money from one of Killick's former acquaintances, was arrested at the Bass Hill Caravan Park, where they had rented a cabin as "Mr. and Mrs. MG Brown".
She was found guilty by a jury of the District Court of New South Wales of five charges: the rescue of an inmate in lawful custody by force, assault on a member of the crew of an aircraft, detention for advantage, and two counts of unauthorised possession of a firearm.
[8] The 2015 single "Long Loud Hours" by Australian hip hop musician Urthboy tells the story of Dudko's crime, sung from her perspective.