Secret Christmas Island detainee ordered back

By Chris Vedelago, Nino Bucci
Updated September 20 2015 - 4:08am, first published 2:05am
Chartered aircraft used to transport immigration detainees to Christmas Island. Photo: SUPPLIED
Chartered aircraft used to transport immigration detainees to Christmas Island. Photo: SUPPLIED

The Australian Border Force has been ordered to release a suspected criminal from immigration detention on Christmas Island and fly him back to Melbourne after a magistrate learned the agency secretly transported the man to the offshore facility before the court could decide whether he should stand trial.

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